The may contain diamonds involved in a scandal surrounding Marie-Antoinette, that would eventually trigger the French ...

Composed of approximately 300 carats of old mine-cut diamonds, the historic piece was once worn during royal coronations and ...

Still, Marie Antoinette declined. Valois-Saint-Rémy devised a scheme to dupe her lover, Cardinal de Rohan, into buying the necklace. The Cardinal had fallen out of favour with the Queen ...

In stepped impoverished aristocrat Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, who had become the mistress of the powerful Cardinal de Rohan, a former French ambassador to Vienna. He was keen to get back in the ...

How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.

Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the ...

Footprints of Hope’ reflects Goa’s rich cultural heritage, will feature the works of 62 artists from diverse faith ...

Louis-René-Édouard de Rohan known as Cardinal de Rohan, Prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French Bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of an ancient and ...

The 'Footprints of Hope' exhibition in Goa celebrates the enduring legacy of Saint Francis Xavier through the works of 62 ...

Having grown up in penury, she set about regaining her fortunes at the court of Louis XVI by duping Cardinal de Rohan in the most spectacular fashion imaginable. A scion of one of the grandest ...