EP 133: Paris History Avec A Hemingway (Madame de Lamballe)

One of the most faithful and trusted ladies of Marie Antoinette served by her side until the bitter end. Madame de Lamballe was born in Turin and raised under the iron thumb of her father Prince Louis Victor of Savoy. The duke of Penthievre was keen to marry his son Louis-Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe and descendant of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.Their short & rough marriage lasted from January 1767 to May 1768 when he died as a result of his free loving ways. After her husband's de...