A necklace once tied to a scandal involving Marie Antoinette just went to auction, captivating history enthusiasts and ...

The watch, often considered one of the most intricate and costly timepieces ever created, was commissioned in 1783 but ...

A pocket watch designed for Marie Antionette, with an incredible number of features, even by today's standards, is among the ...

The king and queen were beheaded in 1793 amid the French revolution ... Louis XV and Louis XVI encouraged scientific pursuit. Marie Antoinette was the daughter of Francis I, the Holy Roman ...

which helped fuel the revolution and the overthrow of the French monarch,” writes Reuters’ Cecile Mantovani. A post shared by Sotheby's Jewels (@sothebysjewels) Marie Antoinette was executed ...

160 Marie Antoinette was intended to be worn by ... in 1827 due to Brequet’s pursuit of perfection and the French Revolution, meaning neither the queen nor its creator could see the finished ...

A mysterious necklace with possible links to a Marie Antoinette scandal, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva ...

The scandal tarnished the reputation of Marie Antoinette ... and discredited the French monarchy ahead of the French Revolution, in which the Queen ultimately met her demise.