Marie Antoinette was executed eight years later, following the execution of her husband, Louis XVI. Diamonds from the scandalous piece of jewelry were sold off, with one jeweler purchasing 350 of ...

The story of the French Revolution is usually all about anarchy and destruction -- the storming of the Bastille and the execution of Marie Antoinette. ♪♪ But the revolutionaries were also keen ...

He said he was disappointed that his mother couldn’t get the closure that Wednesday’s execution would have brought her. Antoinette Johnston died in February. During the clemency hearing ...

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A necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that prompted the downfall of the doomed French queen Marie Antoinette has been sold at auction for $4.81m (£3.8m). The Georgian piece contains about ...

During the confinement of Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France ... in describing her execution, represents her hair as changing from a jet black to gray color through the mental anguish she ...

The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl, a natural pearl and diamond pendant A pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to ill-fated French Queen Marie Antoinette has been sold for $ ...

A pocket watch designed for Marie Antoinette, with an incredible number ... was not completed until decades after the French queen's execution. "It took so long to create that it wasn't finished ...