For instance, the 2006 Marie Antoinette film briefly featured a little Black boy who was a companion/servant to one member of the royal court but made no effort to examine why he was there beyond ...

The lock of white hair 'cut from Marie Antoinette' hours before the French queen's execution. By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR. Published: 07:32 EDT, 19 May 2025 | Updated: 08:24 EDT, 19 May 2025 ...

As the monarchy fell, Marie Antoinette again turned to fashion. Her newly commissioned wardrobe of purple, green and white was quickly labeled counterrevolutionary, Weber said.

He was, for a spell, an incandescent figure in Marie Antoinette’s court and later, after a change of allegiance, a military leader during the revolution. Outlier and insider, he’s a figure ...

Morgan McArthur (French/Russian/Spanish), was granted a SURE research award for her project to find out more about the life and death of Jean Amilcar, a black Senegalese slave boy ‘gifted’ to queen ...

On display is a board game they used to distract themselves, Marie Antoinette’s simple white gown and a black mourning headband that she wore after the king was beheaded.