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    Marie Louise d’Esparbès de Lussan, by marriage vicomtesse then comtesse de Polastron (Bardigues, 19 October 1764 – London, 27 March 1804) was a French...
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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...
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    Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (Italian: Maria Teresa Luisa; 8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of the Savoy-Carignano...
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    brother-in-law's mistress, Louise de Polastron, and the mistress of her own husband, her lady-in-waiting Countess Anne de Balbi, who was courted for her...
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    Later, he embarked upon a lifelong love affair with the beautiful Louise de Polastron, the sister-in-law of Marie Antoinette's closest companion, the Duchess...
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    Yolande de Polastron for the position instead. Reportedly, Marie Antoinette felt a certain inferiority toward Louise-Charlotte Duras because of de Duras'...
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    Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac (7 May 1768 – 30 March 1803) was the daughter of Gabrielle de Polastron, the favourite and confidante of Marie...
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    Marie-Thérèse-Josèphe de Castellane, Princesse de Berghes 1782–1789: Louise de Polastron 1784–1789: Marie-Louise de Bonnières de Souastre de Guisnes, Comtesse de Juigné...
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    mistress of the count of Provence, Anne de Balbi, and the mistress of the count of Artois, Louise de Polastron. The prince was the leader of the Condé...
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    religiosity and de Duras because she reportedly felt a certain academic inferiority toward her and chose Yolande de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, for...
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    King Louis XVI of France. He was the alleged lover of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, the favourite of Marie Antoinette and over whom he exerted...
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    brother Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac, she was the sister-in-law to Yolande de Polastron. She had been introduced at court during the reign of Louis XV, served...
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    'Queens of the Emigration' alongside the Princess of Monaco and Louise de Polastron, and was courted for her influence over Louis Stanislaus, who was...
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  • Virginie Ledoyen as Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac Xavier Beauvois as Louis XVI Grégory Gadebois as Louis, comte de Provence Francis Leplay as...
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    In the same period she also made a very similar portrait of Yolande de Polastron, the Duchess of Polignac, wearing a similar straw hat. (See Gallery below...
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    replaced in 1782 by Yolande de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, one of his mother's favourites. His sous-gouverneur was the Maréchal de camp Antoine Charles...
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    second son, and the brother of Diane de Polignac. On 7 July 1767, he married Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron. His wife was later the favourite of...
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    De Gramont was born at Versailles, the only son of Antoine, 8th Duke of Gramont by his wife Aglaé, daughter of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac...
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    Jules was the younger son of Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac, and Gabrielle de Polastron, a confidante and favourite of Queen Marie-Antoinette. Due to his mother's...
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  • of his uncle Pantaléon II de Bréda, Count de Noé inherited, in joint ownership with his sister Marie-Anne de Noé de Polastron, his cousin Louis-Bénigne-Pantaléon...
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    Queen's "inner circle" (including the princesse de Lamballe and Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac) were invited, which alienated the court...
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  • Angélique de Mackau, sous gouvernante (deputy) 1776–1782: Victoire de Rohan, (1743–1807), Princess of Guéméné 1782–1789: Yolande de Polastron, (1749–1793)...
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    three of her children. Louis-Charles' original governess was Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac, who left France on the night of 16–17 July 1789...
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    Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe (died 1792) was the dear friend of Marie-Antoinette and stayed faithful to her until her death Gabrielle de Polastron,...
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  • Count of Mercy-Argenteau Rip Torn as Louis XV Rose Byrne as Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac Asia Argento as Madame du Barry Molly Shannon as...
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    Bénédictines de la rue Monsieur, F.-X. Le Roux editions, Strasbourg-Paris, 1950, p. 13 sqq Bertaut, Jules (1953). Les belles emigrées: la comtesse de Polastron, Madame...
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    Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac. The actual care was, however, given by the sub governesses, notably Baroness Marie Angélique de Mackau. Louis...
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    her death Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princess of Lamballe (1749–1792) Yolande de Polastron (1749–1793) Louise-Élisabeth de Croÿ, Marchioness of Tourzel...
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    Aglaé de Polignac (1768–1803), the daughter of Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac. The couple managed to reproduce 3 children; Corisande de Gramont...
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    Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac and his spouse; Yolande de Polastron including their children aswell; Aglaé de Polignac (1768–1803), Armand de Polignac...
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