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His two sons inherited his fortune and when they both died childless, the duc de Penthièvre was the sole heir to du Maine's wealth. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings." In 1767 she was splendidly married by proxy to the young Prince de Lamballe, huntsman of France and only son of the duc de Penthièvre, cousin of Louis XVI. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. 10 of '(The History of the French Revolution. Anonymity may be tolerated, but politeness is required.A place for friends to meet... with reflections on politics, history, art, music, books, morals, manners, and matters of faith. At 17, she married the prince de Lamballe, one of the sons of the Duc de Penthièvre. May Princesse de Lamballe and all the victims of the revolution be at peace with God. He was known to be very charitable. Shoberl.)' "We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. —Ecclesiasticus 39:17-19 Louis Alexandre Stanislas de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe was the son and heir of the wealthy Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre. One of the most gruesome deaths in the early days of that barbarous revolution.
She replied: "I will gladly swear to the first two, but I cannot swear to the third; it is not in my heart." He is of historical interest mainly because Marie Louise, princesse de Lamballe, the tragic friend of… Comments are moderated. "She was not a guilty woman, neither was she a saint; she was an upright, charming woman, a little frivolous, somewhat impulsive, but always pure; she was a queen, at times ardent in her fancies for her favourites and thoughtless in her policy, but proud and full of energy; a thorough woman in her winsome ways and tenderness of heart, until she became a martyr." It depicted a guillotine surrounded by an endless expanse of corpses, stretching off to the horizon; and, beneath it, the inscription: "CI-GIT TOUTE LA FRANCE" ("HERE LIES ALL OF FRANCE") According to Madame Campan, the queen's chambermaid:
Unfortunately, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and came up to confront the wrong guys. Because his male heir, the prince de Lamballe, predeceased him in 1768, his only surviving child, his daughter, became the sole heir to his fortune. As the daughter of Prince Louis-Victor de Savoie-Carignan of the House of Savoy, Marie-Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan (1749-1792) was a blue-blood of impeccable credentials. The great French historian Andre Maurois put it perfectly when he said: "All men (up to 1789) denounced the very real inequities and injustices of the elements of the feudal regime; but far too few took note of the fact that these structures were also the pillars and flying buttresses holding French society together." Penthièvre was one of the wealthiest men of his day and probably the richest in France. C'est la vie. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...." His uncle, the future Philip was the first Bourbon king of Spain, the country's present ruling house. Russell. Isn't that something?