Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes was a French statesman and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister from 1774 to 1787 during the reign of Louis XVI, notably during the American War of Independence.
Charles de Vergennes, by Antoine-François Callet
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes in Ottoman dress, painted by Antoine de Favray, 1766, Pera Museum, Istanbul
Audience of Charles de Vergennes with Sultan Osman III in 1755, Pera Museum, Istanbul
Charles Gravier's wife, Annette Duvivier, comtesse de Vergennes, in oriental costume, by Antoine de Favray
Louis XVI
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Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Portrait, 1779
The young Duc de Berry (right) with his younger brother, the Comte de Provence (by François-Hubert Drouais, 1757)
The Duc de Berry as a young boy (portrait artributed to Pierre Jouffroy)
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and wife of Louis-Auguste with their three eldest children, Marie Thérèse, Louis-Charles and Louis-Joseph (by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1787)