The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France - Charles Duke Yonge (ereader that reads to you .TXT) 📗

at the present aspect of affairs; receives insolence from a virago; feels the death of her brother, the Emperor Joseph II. of Austria; writes to her brother Leopold, who succeeded Joseph II.; refuses to give evidence against the mob rioters; shows kind feeling toward the widowed Marchioness de Favras; makes a speech to the deputies; is well received at the theatre; receives the services of the Count de Mirabeau; interviews him; shows her presence of mind at the fete at the Champ de Mars; writes to Mercy about the difficulty of managing Mirabeau; has to bid farewell to Mercy, who is removed to the Hague; gives audience to Prince de Lichtenstein; denounced by Marat; attempts made to assassinate; writes to the Emperor of Austria, her brother Leopold, October 22d, 1790; refuses to quit France by herself; is threatened with a divorce by La Fayette; writes to the Comte d'Artois, expostulating with him; writes to her brother to send troops to intervene; escapes from Paris with her family, and is arrested and brought back; writes to De Fersen; writes to her brother, Emperor Leopold; sends a letter to Mercy about the Revolution; writes to Mercy about the declaration of Pilnitz and the Constitution; declares her feelings in a letter to the Empress Catherine of Russia; M. Bertrand and the queen; receives news of the death of her brother Leopold, the Emperor of Austria; direct attacks made against; Dumouriez speaks his mind strongly to; appears before the insurrectionists at the Tuileries, June 20th, 1793; writes to Mercy, July 4th, 1792; receives proposals for her escape; writes to the Landgravine Louise; employs her time in quilting her husband a waistcoat to resist a dagger or a bullet; attempt made to assassinate; determines to sacrifice personal safety to loss of the crown and Constitution; made prisoner with her husband; plans formed for the escape of, fail; additional insults offered to; has a trial and is sentenced; writes a final letter to the Princess Elizabeth; is executed; her remains treated with indignity; summary of the character of. Maritime superiority possessed by England. Marly, palace at. Marmier, Madame de. Marquis d'Agoust; de Bouille; de Condorcet; de Durfort; de La Fayette; de Montesquieu; de Savonieres; de St. Huruge; de Vaudreuil. "Marriage of Figaro." the play of the. Marriage of Marie Antoinette to the Dauphin of France, May 16, 1770; feelings in Germany and France regarding the. Marsan, Madame de. Marseillese, the. Marshal Beaulieu; de Broglie; de Mailly; Lacy; Luckner; Rochambeau. Maubourg, M. Latour. Maurepas, Count de. Maximillan, Archduke, visits his sister. Mazarin, Madame de. Measles, the queen is attacked by the. Mercy, Comte de, appointed as embassador to France; reports to Maria Teresa; position and influence of, upon the accession of Louis XVI.; receives letters from the queen on the political state of affairs; replies to the same; introduces Count de Mirabeau to the queen; receives letter from the queen about Mirabeau; is removed to the Hague; the queen writes urgently to. Metastasio, epigram of. Michonis, M. Miomandre, M. Mirabeau, Count de, and court etiquette; and his conjugal rights; his character his behavior at the opening of the States; drives Necker from office, and presents a petition to the king to withdraw the troops from Paris; changes his views; his services accepted by the court; denounced by the Jacobin club; interviews the queen, and is pleased with her; interviews the Count de la Marck; great difficulty in managing; retires from office; stands by the queen; death of; funeral of. Mob at Versailles. Moleville, M. Bertrand de. Monnier, Countess de, and the Count de Mirabeau. Montesquieu, Marquis de. Montgolfier's balloons introduced. Montmedy. Montmorency, Viscount Matthieu de. Montmorin, M.. Montsabert, M., arrest of. Moreau, M.. Mothe, Countess de la. Murder of Mandat; of the Princess de Lamballe. Music, great taste for, exhibited by the dauphiness. Mutiny in the Marquis de Bouille's army. Mutual jealousies of the queen's favorites. Mysore, Tippoo Sahib, sultan of.

Narbonne, Count de. "National Assembly," the, first proposed. National Guard, formation of the; fires on the people. Necker, M.; retires from the ministry; invited to rejoin, and declines; appointed prime mister; aims at popularity; convokes the States-general; resumes office. Necklace made by Boehmer, the court jeweler; story of the, revived. Noailles, Countess de. Normandy, Duke of. Notables, the Calonne, assembles; Lomenie de Brienne dismisses. Notre Dame, public thanksgiving at, on account of the birth of Madame Royale; also on the occasion of the birth of the dauphin.

Oliva, Mademoiselle, and the great necklace forgery case. Opera of "Iphigenie en Aulide" performed in Paris. Opinion of foreign nations. Outrages in the provinces in 1789. Overthrow of the Girondins.

Paris Duverney. Paris, fire-work explosion at; state entrance of the dauphin and Marie Antoinette into; great scarcity in, September, 1789; riots in; and the Reveillon riot; riots in, July, 1789; the court removes to; insurrection in, June 20th, 1792; riots in, August 5th, 1792. Parliament, violence of the; arrest of two of its members; closing-up of, by the king's order; recall of, by Necker. Pastoret, M.. Paul, Grand Duke of Russia, visits the French court with his wife. Peace restored between Prussia and Austria; between France and England. Peasant, the, at Fontainebleau. _People's Friend, The_, a newspaper published by the Revolutionists. Petion, M.. Pilnitz, declaration of. Poland, the partition of. Polastron, Madame de. Polignac, Countess de. Political clubs springing up in Paris. Poll-tax, exemptions from, made by Louis XVI.. Popularity of Marie Antoinette, increasing. Prince Charles of Lorraine, death of; de Conti; de Lichtenstein sent as envoy from Austria; Ferdinand of Brunswick; Kaunitz; Cardinal Louis de Rohan. Princess Adelaide; Clotilde; de Guimenee; de Lamballe; Josephine Louise of Savoy; of Lorraine; Sophie of France; of Teschen; Victoire. Private theatricals. Provence, Count de, married to the Princess Josephine Louise of Savoy. Provence, Countess de. Provinces, outrages in the. Prussia allies with Russia. and the declaration of Pilnitz. Public thanksgiving at the birth of Madame Royale; at the birth of the dauphin.

Race-course established in the Bois de Boulogne. Ramond, M.. Red cap of liberty worn. Reform, the necessity of, generally admitted; granted by Louis XVI.. Rejoicings, general, in France at the birth of the princess; at the birth of the dauphin. Republic declared. "Restorer of French Liberty," title given to the king. Retaux de Villette. Retrenchment in court expenditure. Reveillon, M., and the Paris riot. Revolution of 1789 commenced. Revolutionary tribunal; trial of the queen. Rheims, coronation of Louis XVI. at. Richelieu, Duc de. Ride, Marie Antoinette expresses a wish to learn to; donkey-riding. Riding, donkey; horse. Riots, formidable in some of the provinces; in Paris; the Reveillon, in Paris; in Paris, July, 1789; in Paris, June 20th, 1792; in Paris, August 5th, 1792; Robespierre, M. Rochambeau, Marshal. Roche-Aymer, Count de. Rodney, Admiral. Roederer, M. Rohan, Cardinal Prince de. Roland, Madame, urging secret assassinations of the king and queen; and Robespierre; death of. Romenf, M. "Rose of the North," a name given to the Countess de Fersen. Rosenburg, Count de. Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Royal family, the, preparing to escape; arrested; authority suspended. Royalists, the name first used as a reproach. Russia allies with Prussia; Grand Duke of, visits the French court; Catherine Empress of.

Sabran, Abbe de. Sahib, Tippoo, Sultan of Mysore. Salis, M. de. Sans-culottes. Santerre, M., and the attack on the Bastille; and the Paris insurrection; and the insurgents. Sartines, M. de. Savonieres, Marquis de. Scarcity of food in Paris in September, 1789. Schoenbrunn, retreat at. Seine, water-parties on the; frozen over. Seven Years' War, the. Severity of the winter of 1788-'89 much felt in France. Seville, the Barber of, the play of. Seze, M. de. Sieyes, Abbe. Simolin, M. Simon M., and the young king. Sir Edward Hughes. Sledging-parties. Small-pox caught by Louis XV.; caught by Madame Adelaide. Snow pyramids and obelisks erected, and inscriptions made on them showing the French people's gratitude for the charity displayed by the queen in the winter of 1788-'89. Soissons. Songs of the Dames de la Halle on the occasion of the birth of the dauphin. Sophie Helene Beatrice, Princess, born July 9th, 1786, died June 9th 1787. Sovereign of France, arbitrary powers of the. Spain and France form an alliance against the British. Spanish squadron destroyed by the British. St Anthony's Day. St. Cloud, visit of the dauphin and dauphiness to; purchased for the queen. St Huruge, Marquis de. St. Priest, Count de. St. Targeau, M. de. St Menehould, the king recognized at, while escaping from France. Stael, Baroness de, at the opening of the States; and the queen's last days. States-general, need for a meeting of the; opening of the, by Louis XVI., May 5th, 1789; uproar in. Statue of Louis XIV., by the Duc de la Feuillade. Stedingk, Count de. Stormont, Lord. Strasburg, reception at. Strausse, M. Successes of the English in America. Suffrein, Bailli de, fights with Sir E. Hughes. Sultan of Mysore. Supper-parties, court. Sutherland, Lady, supplies clothes for the dauphin. Sweden, Gustavus III., King of, at the French court; assassination of the King of. Swedish nobles received at the French court Swiss Guard, under Count d'Hervilly; murder of the.

Taboureau des Reaux. Talleyrand, Bishop of Autun. Tarouka's, Duka of, wager. Taxes imposed on the accession of a king and queen renounced. Tea, introduction of, into France Temple, the Teresa, Maria. See _Maria Teresa_ Tertre, Duport de. Teschen, peace of; Princess of, visits her sister, the queen, in 1786. Thanksgiving, public, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. "The Handsome," a name given to the Count Axel de Fersen. Theatre, tumult at the. Theatres, the dauphin and dauphiness visiting the Parisian. Theatricals, private. Tison, Madam, and the queen. Titles of honor, abolition of. Tocqueville's, M. Alexis de, opinion of the feudal system in France. Toulan, M., and Marie Antoinette. Toulouse, Lomenie de Brienne, Archbishop of. Tourzel, Marchioness de; the queens writes, intrusting her children to the care of; assumes the name of Madame de Korff. Trial of Cardinal de Rohan and others for forgery; of the king, December 11th, 1792. Trianon, Little, pavilion of the, given to the queen;