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Affair of the Diamond Necklace Reconstruction of the necklace that was at the centre of the scandal known as the Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1785).

Affair of the Diamond Necklace

French history
Also known as: Affair of the Necklace
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Affair of the Diamond Necklace, scandal at the court of Louis XVI in 1785 that discredited the French monarchy on the eve of the French Revolution. It began as an intrigue on the part of an adventuress, the comtesse (countess) de La Motte, to procure, supposedly for Queen Marie-Antoinette but in reality for herself and her associates, a diamond necklace worth 1,600,000 livres. The necklace was the property of the Parisian firm of jewelers Boehmer...

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