Marie-Madeleine Guimard
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Marie-Madeleine Guimard was a French ballerina who dominated the Parisian stage during the reign of Louis XVI. For twenty-five years she was the star of the Paris Opera. She made herself even more fam
Portrait of Guimard
Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore (Jacques-Louis David, 1773-1775)
Hôtel Guimard, by Ledoux, designed ca. 1766
Charles, Prince of Soubise
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Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise was a French Royal Army officer and courtier who served during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the House of Rohan, and w
Marie-Madeleine Guimard
…Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, with whom she had a daughter in April 1763, and who always remained in her circle, even after she was finally taken up by Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, a maréchal de France and great connoisseur of ballet dancers, who settled on her, it was said, 2000 écus a month. In a career of hitherto unequaled…
Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France Versailles MV 1098