Beschrijving

Marie Thirise Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, was fated to be not only an eye-witness but a victim of the Reign of Terror. She was born in Turin in 1749, was married in 1767 to Stanislaus, Prince of Lamballe and son of the Duke of Penthiivre, which brought her into the relationship of sister-in-law to the Duke of Orlians. Her husband died within a year, leaving her, as she expresses it, \