Edme-Bonaventure Courtois
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Edme-Bonaventure Courtois was a deputy of the National Convention. He found the will of Marie-Antoinette in the collection of papers of Robespierre hidden under his bed.
Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargée de l'examen des papiers trouvés chez Robespierre et ses complices
Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Edme-Bonaventure Courtois
…pronunciation: ; born 15 July 1754 in Troyes, France - died on 6 December 1816 in Brussels) was a deputy of the National Convention. He found the will of Marie-Antoinette in the collection of papers of Robespierre hidden under his bed. Courtois was the son of a baker. He met Danton at the College of Juilly, where he…
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769