Yolande de Polastron | |
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| Duchesse de Polignac | |
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| Born | 8 September 1749 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 December 1793 (aged 44) Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Issue | Aglaé de Polignac Armand de Polignac Jules de Polignac Camille de Polignac |
| Father | Jean François Gabriel de Polastron |
| Mother | Jeanne Charlotte Hérault |
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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, but her extravagance and exclusivity earned her many enemies.[1][2]
- ^ Schama, S. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. pp. 181–3.
- ^ Zweig, Stefan & Paul, E. (Editor) & Paul, C. (Translator) (1938). Marie Antoinette: The portrait of an average woman (1988 ed.). London: Cassell Biographies. pp. 121–4. ISBN 0-304-31476-5.
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