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, "a bride when an infant, a widow before I was a
mother or had a prospect of becoming one." A marriage was proposed
between the Princess and Louis XV, but it fell through. In her
retirement she gained the friendship of Marie Antoinette, who
appointed her superintendent of the royal household on the
accession of Louis XVI. This official connection grew into a
sisterly intimacy of the most cordial kind. Their youth of
brilliant promise was soon overshadowed by ominous troubles. The
lighter temperament of the Queen was happily balanced by the
philosophic gravity of the Princess, who foresaw the bitter fruits
of the conditions in which her royal mistress had been reared and
would not radically change. This journal-record of experiences and
reflections is as pathetic a tale as has ever been told.
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