Axel von Fersen: The Man Who Loved Marie Antoinette

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  • Опубліковано 24 чер 2021
  • Axel von Fersen was a Swedish count who had a tragic life. He lived through the stormy times of the second part of the 18th century that had an impact on his life. Entirely devoted to the woman he loved, Fersen was, to his regret, unable to save her.
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    Sources / Further reading
    Diary and Correspondence of Count Axel Fersen, Grand-Marshal of Sweden, Relating to the Court of France, Translated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley, London: William Heinemann, 1902
    The Letters of Marie Antoinette, Fersen and Barnave, Edited, with a Foreword, by O.G. de Heidenstam, Translated from the French volume (Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1913) by Winifred Stephens and Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, New York Frank - Maurice INC
    A Friend of the Queen, From the French of Paul Gaulot by Mrs. Cashel Hoey, London: William Heinemann, 1895

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  • @CherylSimser
    @CherylSimser 2 роки тому +117

    Axel von Fersen was definitely a principled man. I was so touched by his letters both to the queen and his own family. His unselfishness and lack of concern for his own safety are commendable indeed. Thank you so much for all your hard work and wonderful presentation!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +6

      Thank you so much Cheryl. I am glad you liked the video.

    • @hepsabaptron00
      @hepsabaptron00 Рік тому +4

      His alleged affairs with married women all over Europe leads me to think he wasn't as principled as one might believe 😜

  • @dcoft4899
    @dcoft4899 2 роки тому +39

    Isn't it a strange thing, to be heart broken for a person(s) that lived and died generations ago and worlds away? Tragic, tragic.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +9

      I know what you mean. His was a tragic and moving story. Thank you very much for watching.

  • @patriciapalmer1377
    @patriciapalmer1377 2 роки тому +78

    I loved Kirstin Dunst's performance as Marie. She embodied the sweet, loving teenager caught up in a time and circumstances beyond her control, perfectly.

    • @vivelaresistance3239
      @vivelaresistance3239 2 роки тому +9

      I watched that movie a few times when it first came out and just now realized it’s Jamie Dornan playing Axel.

    • @ardenalexa94
      @ardenalexa94 2 роки тому +5

      I like that movie.

  • @empi4106
    @empi4106 2 роки тому +39

    He is such an interesting character. He doesn’t get as much coverage as the other players in this tragic story but is such an important part of it.

  • @tapsars7911
    @tapsars7911 3 роки тому +41

    Axel de Fersen was very close to one of his sisters , Sophie . Letters still survive in which the count expresses to his sister his love for Marie Antoinette .

  • @epic5945
    @epic5945 2 роки тому +15

    He tried so heroically to save Marie Antoinette and Louis.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +1

      You're right. Sadly, no one could save them. Thank you for watching.

  • @robertdudley4017
    @robertdudley4017 3 роки тому +94

    Axel was a man of honour and such courage, he tried to save the woman he loved and the rest of the royal family, thank you as always for this superb video.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +8

      Yes, he was. Thank you kindly for your comment.

    • @robertdudley4017
      @robertdudley4017 3 роки тому +9

      @@livesandhistories always a plesure and thank you for all the research and work you put in to your superb videos.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +7

      @@robertdudley4017 Thank you

    • @EtreTocsin
      @EtreTocsin 3 роки тому +10

      He is in Heaven, for sure.

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 2 роки тому +7

      Yes he was. And Marie Antoinette was a sweet lady and loving mother...

  • @rocwyvern1101
    @rocwyvern1101 3 роки тому +38

    What a man, he was! 💜 He's one of my favorite historical people.

  • @ambreeniram2268
    @ambreeniram2268 2 роки тому +66

    He truly and deeply loved Marie Antoinette. His selfless service to the queen is admirable. He never married anyone because of his devotion to Marie Antoinette. It's sad and tragic how he was killed by mob. May his soul rest in peace.

  • @EtreTocsin
    @EtreTocsin 3 роки тому +43

    😔GOD rest his soul. I hope he reunited with her in Heaven.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +8

      Yes, indeed. Thank you for watching.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому +4

      Me, too! It is said Louis XVI was aware of the relationship but did not intervene, showing his essential kindness and concern for his wife's happiness even if not with him. I am glad that Count Fersen and Marie Antoinette were able to have at least a little happiness in an unhappy time.

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому +14

    Such star-crossed lovers. He tried to save the Royal Family. To me he was a true gentleman. I am saddened and appalled by the manner of his death. May he rest in peace.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +3

      I agree with you, Harriet. I was also saddened to learn how he died. Thank you very much for watching.

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH 2 роки тому +67

    A tragic love story; when people say that von Fersen and Marie Antoinette did not love each other, I laugh. How obvious could it be? His death was horrible. If I remember correctly, the mob jumped up and down on his chest until his ribcage was crushed. Horrid. Thank you for this sympathetic biography of a true knight and his lost ladylove.

    • @lisaellis2593
      @lisaellis2593 2 роки тому +2

      Horrible people.

    • @mariagallian8057
      @mariagallian8057 2 роки тому +2

      Somewhere I read that he was hacked to pieces by a mob.

    • @VeracityLH
      @VeracityLH 2 роки тому +10

      In an enraged mob anything can happen, but his cause of death was determined to a crushed ribcage from people literally jumping up and down on his chest. Ugh, I'm getting images of men holding onto his carriage so they could slam their booted feet on his ribcage with as much force as possible. ~shudders~
      From Wikipedua, quoting a contemporary source: "Von Fersen's contemporary, Baron Gustaf Armfelt, stated afterward:
      'One is almost tempted to say that the government wanted to give the people a victim to play with, just as when one throws something to an irritated wild beast to distract its attention. The more I consider it all, the more I am certain that the mob had the least to do with it ... But in God's name what were the troops about? How could such a thing happen in broad daylight during a procession, when troops and a military escort were actually present?'"
      Awful. At the time he died, Von Fersen was the 2nd highest ranking person in the land, 2nd only to the king. Can you imagine this happening to, say, A US Vice President or a Prime Minister? Awful.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому

      Such a horrible and undeserved death.

    • @lisaellis2593
      @lisaellis2593 2 роки тому +8

      Barbaric, where was their humanity and their love of God? Have they no honor at all?

  • @crisjapopcris1564
    @crisjapopcris1564 3 роки тому +54

    I think Count Fersen was the most frustrated man of his time: to fall in love and be corresponded by the only woman he could never make his wife took a heavy toll in his life. But I admire him for he gave to devotion a higher level of meaning. There are many videos about Marie Antoinette, there should be as many about Count Fersen.

  • @susprime7018
    @susprime7018 3 роки тому +14

    Thank you Axel for your service.

  • @MyLady120
    @MyLady120 2 роки тому +17

    Axel Von Fersen was truly a Hero. I’m so sorry He couldn’t save the royal family. May they all Rest In Peace. 🙏🏼

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +1

      Indeed, he was. Thank you for watching.

    • @MyLady120
      @MyLady120 2 роки тому +1

      @@livesandhistories You’re very welcome. I recently joined your channel. It is so amazing!

  • @irawilliams343
    @irawilliams343 2 роки тому +7

    His passion eventually drove Marie Antoinette into a corner

  • @LeithJenna
    @LeithJenna 3 роки тому +26

    I had never heard of him before this- what an intriguing story! Thank you for this!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching Jenna.

    • @sharonhart8360
      @sharonhart8360 2 роки тому

      He is central in all the movies made about her.

    • @elchoya8432
      @elchoya8432 Рік тому

      watch MARIE ANTOINETTE 1938 with tyrone power as count ferson

  • @beachcaving
    @beachcaving 3 роки тому +29

    So passionately devoted he was to the object of his desire...true love!❣Thank you for this wonderful video!

  • @putalaweamala7191
    @putalaweamala7191 3 роки тому +43

    I love Axel de Fersen, thank you for this video. I don't think there were many videos about Fersen's life on UA-cam, so thank you for this.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +5

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching.

    • @marcusseidel6824
      @marcusseidel6824 3 роки тому +4

      There is a nice documentary in french
      L'ombre d'un doute.
      Marie Antoinette ..there is also a chapter about him

  • @svetlanaknight2183
    @svetlanaknight2183 Рік тому +11

    What a man…❤

  • @lizzyl-k5396
    @lizzyl-k5396 2 роки тому +13

    History would've been different had Louis not gotten out of the carriage.
    Fersen, what a man!! He totally loved her. So crushing 💔

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +2

      I agree with you Elizabeth. Sometimes one single gesture can have an impact on history to a very great extent. Thank you for watching.

  • @sharonhart8360
    @sharonhart8360 2 роки тому +22

    Such a sad love story that was a true love, how sad he tried so hard to save them, would have been heartbroken when she was beheaded. What a sad and tragic life for both of them. They were not meant to be. How awful for her to to be caught trying to escape, watching her husband beheaded, her son taken away, her daughter taken away put on trial and then beheaded. No wonder she went grey overnight, the trauma must have been mind blowing.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +3

      Tragic, indeed. Thank you for watching Sharon.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому +4

      Indeed it must have been. As an additional bit of cruelty was to forbid her to wear widow's clothing to the guillotine and instead made to wear white--as if accusing her of incest wasn't cruel and unjust enough!

  • @esterherschkovich6499
    @esterherschkovich6499 3 роки тому +20

    Wow what a story.What a decent loyal gentleman.Yet such a shame the King got out of the carriage but I wonder if the Royal Family thought nothing would happen to them.Thank you for your excellent videos,explaining History so well🌸🌸Such a sad ending and innocent 😪

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому +13

    Very interesting video. May he rest in peace and honour for me was a true gentleman.

  • @yildirimakin3767
    @yildirimakin3767 3 роки тому +20

    They can make a movie about his life.

  • @yeshacroe9354
    @yeshacroe9354 2 роки тому +10

    Very sacrificing and dedicated man. Even till end he dont want to marry because the woman he love is taken.

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 3 роки тому +24

    Excellent, thank you. It’s great that you went into some detail. Most YT history videos only give very introductory material that they get from Wiki. As a lifelong lover of history, I already knew about Count von Fersen’s relationship with Marie-Antoinette and his role in the escape attempt, but not much else about him. I’m subscribing based on this video, from San Francisco.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +4

      I'm happy you liked it. I like to research as much as possible on the topics I choose. Thank you for subscribing Kimberly.

  • @XtreamBrands
    @XtreamBrands 3 роки тому +30

    Wow. What a life. Thank you for such an in depth presentation. I need to listen to this several times as his life and work is so detailed and incidental to the activities of this important time in history.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +3

      You're very welcome. Thank you for watching.

    • @EtreTocsin
      @EtreTocsin 3 роки тому +9

      You might enjoy the book The Fatal Friendship. It is an anthology of the corresponence between Marie Antóinette and Axel Von Versen.

    • @esterherschkovich6499
      @esterherschkovich6499 3 роки тому +3

      @@EtreTocsin Thank you🌸🌸

    • @azinegg
      @azinegg 3 роки тому +1

      Yes a great and proud saga.

    • @mariedecamps2820
      @mariedecamps2820 2 роки тому

      1 11e ~1 2e |d

  • @AndriaBieberDesigns
    @AndriaBieberDesigns 3 роки тому +16

    I have never heard of him. What a great video.

  • @v.britton4445
    @v.britton4445 3 роки тому +10

    So glad to know about Axel.

  • @tapsars7911
    @tapsars7911 3 роки тому +6

    Very interesting and beautiful video indeed . Thanks for the upload .

  • @melissaking6019
    @melissaking6019 3 роки тому +31

    Why didn't the royal family flee north to The Netherlands which was ruled by Marie-Antoinette's elder sister? They didn't have a close relationship, but wouldn't it have been a shorter journey? Marie-Antoinette's brother, Emperor Leopold, behaved disgracefully and abandoned her.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +17

      It could have been another option. Fersen did speak to her relatives but sadly they were very slow in making decisions.

    • @erikbeermann7228
      @erikbeermann7228 3 роки тому +4

      There was no Habsburg queen in the Netherlands in the late 1700’s
      Only a Habsburg female regent but that was in the early 1500’s

    • @tapsars7911
      @tapsars7911 3 роки тому +12

      I believe one of the queen's sisters Maria Amalia was in Italy , Parma . None in Netherlands to the best of my knowledge . Too bad that the queen's eldest brother Emperor Joseph , who was like a father figure to her , was already dead . If he were still alive , the queen and her family could not have been touched by the revolutionaries .

    • @kimm.8800
      @kimm.8800 2 роки тому +8

      @@erikbeermann7228 I think they mean Marie Antoinettes sister Maria Christina of Austria, who ruled the Austrian Netherlands (todays Belgium) as regent in 1781-1793.

  • @whenitsraining861
    @whenitsraining861 3 роки тому +19

    Axel von Fersen (the Younger) is very less talked about, at least as far as I know. According to my observations, this video is well-detailed and summarizes his life very well. His death seemed tragic. I was wondering, if you could make a video on Indian royalty, or maybe not? Anyways, it's really a great video. The many incidences linked to his life are wondrous and pitiful to think of.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому

      Thank you for watching. I will keep in mind your suggestion for future videos. As always, thanks for your support.

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 3 роки тому +4

      I agree. It would be fun to learn more about South Pacific, Indian, Asian, and African Royal. Perhaps even lesser known European Royal. For example, Greek, Prussian, Scandanavian, Polish, etc.

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 3 роки тому

      I meant royals.

    • @whenitsraining861
      @whenitsraining861 3 роки тому

      @@cocoaorange1 It is! This channel actually talks a lot about lesser known people who were in no ways less important.

    • @whenitsraining861
      @whenitsraining861 3 роки тому +1

      It would be nice to make a video on the late Prince Philip as a token of memory for his death. Or maybe even his mother, Princess Alice. I was also thinking it would fit your content if you had made a video on Princess Ileana of Romania, or perhaps explore the tragic part of famous people's lives, like Percy or Mary Shelley. Anyways, thank you for your hard work.

  • @andiestewart7423
    @andiestewart7423 4 місяці тому +1

    This was the most informative video I have watched on Fersen. Thank you for making it👍

  • @marcus8258
    @marcus8258 3 роки тому +15

    Another wonderful video! Great work:-)

  • @lillamimmi2798
    @lillamimmi2798 2 роки тому +12

    This is one of the worst shameful history here in Sweden. Alex was terrible beaten and rip to peaces until one of the attackers crushed his chest to death. Axel suffers terrible and the guards did NOTHING. It is such a disgusting history. I have walk the street were it happened and I have seen the place where he died. He was innocent this remarkable man of Sweden.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +4

      Very sad ending for this gentleman. I felt moved by his story. Thank you for watching.

    • @YashkasBaZedChannel
      @YashkasBaZedChannel 11 місяців тому

      I would have done the same. Death to the curr axel!

  • @shanny4306
    @shanny4306 2 роки тому +27

    Axel HAD to feel so enraged at the kings sheer stupidity to leave the carriage for ANY reason while still in France ! After all his hard work it took the king only moments to be responsible for the death of Axels beloved Marie! How he must have wept at her demise , ! What a hero he was ! 👋 🤍🇨🇦🤍🥰

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +4

      I agree with you Shanny. Thank you for watching.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 роки тому +5

      Sadly, King Louis was not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it came to the need for discretion.

    • @mariagallian8057
      @mariagallian8057 2 роки тому +2

      Marie Antoinette was identified by the Inn's owner because she couldn't refrain from responding to the salutations of people who recognized her. Neither Luis nor her

    • @mariagallian8057
      @mariagallian8057 2 роки тому +4

      were aware of the mob's fury against them. They thought they were beloved.

    • @christinemckinney3731
      @christinemckinney3731 Рік тому

      Somewhere, I read that it was Louis who asked Axel to let them go on without him and perhaps flight was fated to fail as the true ignorance was not getting out a long time before, especially in consideration of having funded the American Revolution without reciprocal compensation and trying to undermine the powerful Brits who never have let go of the United States, and considered everything in the United States, their property anyway

  • @andrea6421
    @andrea6421 2 роки тому +9

    What a truly heartbreaking story of Axel VonFersen. The lengths he went to for the royal family. 😔

  • @yettaloyd507
    @yettaloyd507 3 роки тому +9

    Excellent thank you

  • @montecristo1769
    @montecristo1769 3 роки тому +25

    Appreciate your intensive research as evinced in this video. Your dedication to the subject matter comes through very clearly. Since you like to address aspects of Revolutionary France, may I suggest you do an episode on the little, unfortunate Louis XVII and the mystery regarding his death.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +9

      Thank you kindly. I'll keep your suggestion in mind.

    • @sharonhart8360
      @sharonhart8360 2 роки тому +5

      I read he was given to Guards/peasants who beat and starved him constantly and made him say terrible things about his mother. I also read there was a plot to save him, probably by Axel but was unsuccessful. They beat and starved him until his death at 10yrs of age. They recently found his bones and compared DNA to that of a lock of Marie Antoinette's hair and they matched. Not sure if they reunited him with his family I heard the French were dragging their feet on this, I could be wrong, happy to hear from anyone else for correction.

    • @montecristo1769
      @montecristo1769 2 роки тому +7

      @@sharonhart8360 Yes, the reality was even more brutal and unconscionable. The young Dauphin and later Louis XVII was kept in extremely unsanitary conditions without access to water to clean himself and was compelled to utter the vilest abuse towards his own mother. Soon he became so brainwashed that he denounced Marie-Antoinette with unspeakable accusations. He developed tumors all over his body and died a pitiful death. However, there were multiple pretenders afterwards, claiming to have escaped the tower, some more believable than others.

  • @trustno154
    @trustno154 3 роки тому +5

    Great video. Thank you❤️

  • @azinegg
    @azinegg 3 роки тому +9

    This is biblical. Found it in my browser, I love it.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for watching Susie. I'm glad you liked it.

  • @1789NYSA
    @1789NYSA 11 місяців тому +5

    Poor Fersen 😢😢😢 He genuinely loves Marie Antoinette. It is Otto Johan Tandefelt who broke his ribs by stamping his chest with two feet. However, it's a bit relieving to know that he has a close relationship with his sister, Sophie Piper 😢 RIP, Hans Axel von Fersen. Regardless, some who consider that he and Marie are just best friend or platonic friend. I, myself might believe that their relationship is both platonic and romantic. I still love Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette and Tyrone Power as Axel. Although, the MGM's Marie Antoinette is even older than my dad and at the time colorless to avoid more budget. Countless thanks for your video ❤❤❤ Everything bout' Marie Antoinette, including Axel von Fersen is always arousing my curiousity and interest. From 🇮🇩 with ❤

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  11 місяців тому +1

      So glad you found this video useful. From what I've read, it seems more likely than not that Marie Antoinette and Axel were romantically linked. Thank you for your comment.

  • @decorusinitio7768
    @decorusinitio7768 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you for this vid! It is most interesting. 👍

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому

      I am glad you liked it. Thank you very much for watching.

  • @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752
    @chunellemariavictoriaespan8752 2 роки тому +8

    Is it weird that what got me to click this video is for the explanation why Count Axel exists in the manga & anime "Bara no Versailles(The Rose of Versailles)?

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому

      I'm glad you found my video. Hope you liked it also. Thanks for watching.

  • @Lafleurbrioche
    @Lafleurbrioche 2 роки тому +5

    Seems like Gustav was more worried about the family than her own family.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +3

      Yes, Gustav was really supportive of the French royal family.

  • @gavinbarrett11
    @gavinbarrett11 3 роки тому +7

    They sould make a movie of Marie and fersan like the duchess film about there love and stroy I watch it like series.

    • @lindapineda7629
      @lindapineda7629 3 роки тому +1

      Watch La Nuit du Varennes it cover the plan the escape and their capture. So sad

  • @pieromengarelli9549
    @pieromengarelli9549 4 місяці тому +1

    Perfectly executed documentary. You even took the cause of Von Fersen's lynching!
    I´m from Sweden, Stockholm. And very interested in history.
    Only plus in my book...!
    Sincerely
    Piero Mengarelli 😊👍

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you, Piero. I'm glad you found this useful.
      A beautiful country, Sweden, with a rich and interesting history ... All the best to you.

  • @votefraudjoe997
    @votefraudjoe997 2 роки тому +1

    Great video as always🖒 Hey how about the tragic life story of Swedens first royal mistress?

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for watching. Will keep your suggestion in mind for a future video.

  • @brightbulb9778
    @brightbulb9778 2 роки тому +1

    Please consider captions for your presentations. Thank you.

  • @Lafleurbrioche
    @Lafleurbrioche 2 роки тому +5

    Most of his letters were either censored or destroyed I believe. I think I read that family decades later put the stop on the love letters.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому

      I read that many of his letters to the Queen were kept after Axel died by his sister, Sophie. Thank you for watching, Janaya.

  • @LindaCasey
    @LindaCasey 2 роки тому +3

    🙏

  • @annetteincairns3528
    @annetteincairns3528 Рік тому +1

    Bloody heck! What violent history.

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 3 роки тому +2

    A biopic would be great..

  • @christinemckinney3731
    @christinemckinney3731 Рік тому +2

    in retrospect, it is great good fortune this information is for further insights to stupidity

  • @rawanal9842
    @rawanal9842 3 роки тому +11

    watch the rose of versailles it’s pretty much the same story

  • @GoblinAttacForce
    @GoblinAttacForce Рік тому +4

    Count fersen was the mvp of the Revolution

  • @lindanorris2455
    @lindanorris2455 2 роки тому +1

    cc would have helped a lot!

  • @vollhov2370
    @vollhov2370 10 місяців тому +1

    If they loved each other, why didn't Marie Antoinette flee Paris in 1789? Although she could do this approximately 2 times. And also look at the pictures of how Toinette melts with Louis before his execution.
    Of course, I understand that there were love letters, but still I am inclined that Marie Antoinette loved Louis very much and because of this she remained with her husband until her death.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  10 місяців тому +4

      I remember reading that Marie Antoinette declared that she wanted to die at the king’s feet - a statement that proves she was a dignified queen of France. But this doesn’t mean that she was not romantically involved with someone else.

    • @vollhov2370
      @vollhov2370 10 місяців тому +4

      @@livesandhistories Yes, there may have been a romance. But I personally think that he was not as hot as we imagine. It seems to me that in Movies and Series they exaggerate this. Letters speak of love, but love is different. Maybe it was friendship, since Marie Anutanetta wrote in her letters "my beloved friend."

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  10 місяців тому +3

      @@vollhov2370 Yes, true.

  • @georginamannor4373
    @georginamannor4373 2 роки тому +3

    She was slightly married LOL!

  • @divinaamaro6530
    @divinaamaro6530 3 роки тому +5

    Por favor!! Traduz em Português do Brasil. Posta as cartas dele para Maria Antonieta. Quero muito conhecer está história. 🙌🙌

    • @crisjapopcris1564
      @crisjapopcris1564 3 роки тому +2

      Tente usar o tradutor do Google, mas o melhor mesmo é conhecer a biografia do Conde Fersen (ele merecia um filme só sobre ele, já fizeram muitos sobre a Maria Antonieta).
      Talvez a carta mais significativa e mais comovente que ele escreveu foi para a irmã e para o pai, num momento em que a família estava em negociação com outras famílias para arranjar um casamento para ele. Ele disse que amava e era amado pela única mulher no mundo que jamais poderia se tornar sua esposa e assim sendo ele pediu para o pai parar de procurar uma noiva, ele decidiu nunca se casar e se resguardar para seu único amor verdadeiro.
      O Conde Fersen arriscou a própria vida e chegou a se endividar com seu mordomo para custear a fuga da Família Real francesa. Era para ele ter acompanhado Maria Antonieta até saírem da França mas no meio do caminho o rei Luis 16 ordenou que Fersen fosse para a Bélgica levar uma carta. Não se sabe se o Rei quis poupar o Conde ou agiu por ciúmes, mas sem Fersen administrando a viagem atrasos foram se acumulando e a Família Real acabou sendo reconhecida em Varennes e levada presa de volta a Paris. O resto da história foi uma grande tragédia...
      O Conde Fersen voltou para a Suécia e se tornou Marechal, o 2o homem mais influente do país depois do próprio rei. No dia 24 de junho de 1810 ele foi espancado até a morte por uma multidão furiosa que achava que ele tinha participado de um suposto assassinato do príncipe herdeiro do trono sueco. Por grande ironia do destino, 24 de junho foi o dia em que Maria Antonieta e sua família foram capturados em Varennes, uma data da qual Fersen nunca se esqueceu. Ele se culpou a vida toda por não ter desobedecido o rei e acompanhado Maria Antonieta até saírem da França. Depois foi provado que Fersen era inocente e que o príncipe havia morrido por causa de um AVC, mas ninguém foi preso pelo assassinato do Conde.
      Existe uma série em quadrinhos chamada "A Rosa de Versalhes" que mostra o romance do Conde Fersen com Maria Antonieta, é muito famosa no Japão e na Europa.

    • @divinaamaro6530
      @divinaamaro6530 3 роки тому +1

      Grata!!!

  • @gavinbarrett11
    @gavinbarrett11 3 роки тому +2

    On Starz HBO it be good stroy I definitely watch such interesting time in history and a queen and count fall in love and a revolution be so good

  • @kimmccabe1422
    @kimmccabe1422 2 роки тому +3

    To love a shallow, spoiled woman takes nothing away from this true gentleman!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  2 роки тому +6

      He can only be admired for his devotion. Thank you for watching.

  • @thomasreghi7052
    @thomasreghi7052 6 місяців тому

    He could have also been something of a skirt chasing lothario, coinciding with small stringed instruments which were employed when dancing the Virginia Reel, a talent acquired during his time as an aide to the leaders of the American Revolution. Also, his hesitation in securing Holy Matrimony.

  • @minorka2
    @minorka2 2 роки тому +1

    funny...all of queen marie antoinette's favorites were women (the duchess of polignac and princess of lamebelle)

    • @aengusog3415
      @aengusog3415 2 роки тому +8

      Because she couldn’t have any males around her unless accuse of adultery 😭💀