Versailles protocol: the Duc de Croy also has a lot to say in his journal about the number Joseph's visit as Count Falkenstein did on protocol. Because on the one hand, as the Emperor, Joseph would have outranked everyone, including Louis, otoh, he wasn't officially there as the Emperor, but as a count, and on the none existent third hand, everyone knew he was the Emperor. So who met him and how when he was at Versailles as a dicy matter.
Some women of the Lorraine family
Which ones, enquiring minds want to know? Given that FS' mother (Liselotte's daughter) was the Duchess of Lorraine, I mean. Of course, Lorraine is a very special case anyway, since it it used to be an independent realm only intermittently belonging to France.
The Duchess of Berry is the same woman whom young Voltaire in the satire/pamphlet that got him locked up in the Bastille for the first time claims to have had an affair with her father the Regent, so her putting etiquette before consideration for her mother might not be quite such a surprise...
Another thing in this context of etiquette to consider is teenage Marie Antoinette's famous refusal to speak to Dubarry, and the reason why Dubarry kept insisting that she would, why this was so important to her.
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Re: Versailles
Date: 2020-11-16 03:11 pm (UTC)Some women of the Lorraine family
Which ones, enquiring minds want to know? Given that FS' mother (Liselotte's daughter) was the Duchess of Lorraine, I mean. Of course, Lorraine is a very special case anyway, since it it used to be an independent realm only intermittently belonging to France.
The Duchess of Berry is the same woman whom young Voltaire in the satire/pamphlet that got him locked up in the Bastille for the first time claims to have had an affair with her father the Regent, so her putting etiquette before consideration for her mother might not be quite such a surprise...
Another thing in this context of etiquette to consider is teenage Marie Antoinette's famous refusal to speak to Dubarry, and the reason why Dubarry kept insisting that she would, why this was so important to her.