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Affair of the Diamond Necklace

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Alessandro Cagliostro

Italian occultist, alchemist, and impostor (1743–1795)

Affair of the Diamond Necklace

incident in 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France involving Marie Antoinette, implying that she participated in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace

Cardinal de Rohan

Catholic cardinal (1734-1803)

Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy

French adventuress

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

French diplomat (1730-1807)

Rétaux de Villette

French prostitute

French prostitute and memoirist (1761–1789)

Nicholas de la Motte

French Officer of the Royal Gendarmery of France