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Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society ...
Aglaé Louise was born at the Château de Versailles in Paris, France, the eldest child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Polignac. She had three brothers: Armand Jules Marie Héracle, duc de Polignac (11 January 1771 – 1 March 1847); Jules Auguste Armand Marie, prince de Polignac (14 May 1780 – 30 March 1847); and Camille Henri ...
Jules de Polignac (1746–1817), became the first Duke of Polignac; Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (1749–1793), wife of the first Duke of Polignac; Jules, Prince of Polignac (1780–1847), promulgator of the July Ordinances; Alphonse de Polignac (1826–1863), French mathematician and number theorist
Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil (born 2 March 1740–1817) was a Saint Dominican nobleman at the court of King Louis XVI of France.He was the alleged lover of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, the favourite of Marie Antoinette [1] and over whom he exerted a powerful influence.
Rosalie tells Oscar about Martine Gabrielle. At a party, Rosalie recognizes the Duchess de Polignac and tries to kill her, but Oscar stops her and tells her that killing her won't bring her mother back, and if she killed her, she would be executed. Later Oscar and André discover the true identity of Martine Gabrielle and her relationship to ...
Princess Yolande (1830–1855), named after her grandmother Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac. She was born shortly before her father's incarceration as an Ultra. [7] In 1848, she married Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Doudeauville. Prince Camille (1832–1913), a major-general in the Confederate Army during the American ...
Diane was an ancestor of Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac and his spouse; Yolande de Polastron including their children as well; Aglaé de Polignac (1768–1803), Armand de Polignac (1777–1847), Jules de Polignac, 3rd Duke of Polignac (1780–1847), and Melchior de Polignac (1781–1855).
Since all were de par la Reine (by order of the Queen), none were permitted to enter the property without the Queen's permission. Only the Queen's "inner circle" (including the princesse de Lamballe and Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac) were invited, which alienated the court nobility.