Versailles Century

Versailles Century

On This Day

19 May 1771

From the Remembrances of the Marquis de Valfons.

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On this day, our memorialist, who is lobbying to be appointed to the Ordre de Saint-Louis (see glossary), has an audience of Louis XV’s second-eldest grandson:

“I had a private audience of the prince in his cabinet, where M de La Vauguyon spoke with firmness and dignity as his governor, praising and enumerating my services. The Comte de Provence took the…

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