Madame Victoire
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: by Eugene Welbert
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: If you enjoy reading about the personal and
: human side of French royals of the 18th
: century you will greatly enjoy this
: reprinted book. It is the story of Françoise
: Chalus (1734 - 1821)wife Jean-François Comte
: de Narbonne Lara and later created a
: duchess. She was lady in waiting to first,
: The Duchess of Parma (Princess Elisabeth,
: daughter of Louis XV) and finally to his
: other two daughters Adelaide and Victoire,
: known as Mesdames. The Mesdames were
: devoted to their servants as much as to
: their own family.
:
: The duchess was a devoted servant and friend
: to the princesses for almost 40 years and
: went into exile with them before the Reign
: of Terror started.
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: Madame Adelaide
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