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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Marie-Antoinette Gives Alms to the Blind

The Queen and Madame Royale assisting a blind man. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were founders of a charitable society called the Maison Philanthropique that cared for the blind, the aged and widows.
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6 comments:

  1. Hans Georg LundahlMay 4, 2015 at 4:34:00 AM EDT

    Wasn't Abbé de l'Épée involved in his or her charities too?

    The guy who invented the modern sign language for the deaf-dumb.

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  2. UnknownAugust 22, 2020 at 4:00:00 PM EDT

    This is a lovely piece of information. At the end of Marie Antoinette's life, she was cared for by an old woman.

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  3. elena maria vidalAugust 22, 2020 at 8:30:00 PM EDT

    I don't think so. In the Conciergerie, Marie-Antoinette was served by Rosalie, a young girl.

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  4. Hans Georg LundahlAugust 23, 2020 at 4:46:00 AM EDT

    Can the old woman have been mother of Rosalie?

    Whether yes or no, could she have been served by two women?

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  5. elena maria vidalAugust 23, 2020 at 4:34:00 PM EDT

    There was no old woman. There were the jailers' wives but they were not that old. I have written two books about this.

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  6. Hans Georg LundahlAugust 24, 2020 at 3:28:00 AM EDT

    OK, if you so, then!

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