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OrnateBumblebee t1_izjtcrw wrote
Reply to comment by passporttohell in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Thank you for this!
Olstinkbutt t1_izjsf9g wrote
Reply to “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
TIL the casting on “Versailles” was quite good lol
atvar8 t1_izjpazt wrote
Reply to comment by FartIntoMyButt in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
My favorite line was “You can’t cry all the time, it doesn’t help at all; laughing is good for your health, pooping and farting met verlöff [if you will forgive me] also help a great deal”
Based on your username, I'd have thought you would have picked it too! Maybe it was a little too "on the nose".
Lol
passporttohell t1_izjp7rx wrote
Reply to comment by stocks-mostly-lower in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Multi faceted and yet a bit of a jerk towards his wives, unfortunately. To say nothing of his lover. . . So much intrigue at he Sun King's court. . . I think that if I were in the middle of all this I would not do well at all. . .
passporttohell t1_izjoysa wrote
Reply to comment by wastedbass in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Oooooo, you like rabbit holes do you? Here's a really big one to dive down.
So much info here.
passporttohell t1_izjotgc wrote
Reply to comment by weedysexdragon in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
In the middle of my 2nd or 3rd watch through now, yes the actress who portrays her is great, really does a good job of showing what a remarkable woman she was.
Just finished up the part where Henriette, Philip's first wife may have been poisoned...
TakeBeerBenchinHilux t1_izjny6n wrote
Reply to comment by frenchchevalierblanc in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Poor madame. I'm sure she had the sympathy of the sans-culottes.
Corn_Kernel t1_izjln7p wrote
Reply to comment by doegred in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
But just a twinge... Buy her a nice horse at the next event pop-up and that should take care of it!
passporttohell t1_izjldx0 wrote
Reply to comment by Danivelle in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Here is info about her on this YouTube channel, a really great resource for life at Versaille and the nobels there.
stocks-mostly-lower t1_izjldg9 wrote
Reply to comment by passporttohell in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Oh I agree. At one time, he was Louis XVI’s heir apparent. He was multi-faceted.
passporttohell t1_izjl6s0 wrote
Reply to comment by Danivelle in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Here is info on his first wife Henriette. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdsUrgUGxYA
In the middle of the miniseries 'Versaille' that had some episodes about her poisoning and death.
passporttohell t1_izjke32 wrote
Reply to comment by stocks-mostly-lower in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
And yet apparently a damn good warrior on the battlefield, the miniseries 'Versaille' goes into a bit of this. Also this YouTube channel.
passporttohell t1_izjjzhk wrote
Reply to “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Going to enjoy reading this, in the middle of 'Versaille' on Netflix, highly recommended mostly true examination of life back in the day, really engrossing miniseries filmed for the most part at Versaille.
stocks-mostly-lower t1_izji9an wrote
Reply to comment by Danivelle in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
He was unkind to anyone who wore skirts. He and a prominent lover assaulted one of Louis XIV’s legitimized sons, and had a long-term affair with the kid.
frenchchevalierblanc t1_izjhwiy wrote
Reply to comment by stocks-mostly-lower in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
His male lovers would also intrigue against his wife
Danivelle t1_izjho16 wrote
Reply to comment by stocks-mostly-lower in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
She was his second wife. He was unkind to Henriette, his first wife and jealous of her relationship with both her brother, King Charles II and his brother, King Louis XIV.
wastedbass t1_izjhhrs wrote
Reply to comment by weedysexdragon in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Love that show for the amount of Wikipedia rabbit holes it sent me down
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HephaestusHarper t1_izjh7b5 wrote
stocks-mostly-lower t1_izjgqrr wrote
Reply to comment by frenchchevalierblanc in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Monsieur was gay and had an active love life, which goes a long way to explain why she thought that being his wife was very difficult. She was a good (non-romantic) friend of his older brother Louis XVI, though, so her husband wasn’t allowed to be too abusive to her.
FartIntoMyButt t1_izjcsts wrote
Reply to “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Funny lady. My favorite anecdote from this is that she was aware her mail was read by someone at the court before being sent out, so after telling a story about breaking a chamber pot while doing her business, she added the equivalent of "oh boy I sure hope the person reading this tells the king about it, it's clearly a matter of national security"
My kind of lady
ClitClipper t1_izjco0r wrote
Reply to comment by nightcrawleress in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Really tough to imagine why this virtuous brood ended up spurring on the end of the French monarchy
macevans3 t1_izjbjvv wrote
Reply to comment by ArmDoc in Conflict in Central Europe leading to Bronze Age Collapse by Gideonn1021
Loved this book. And there is a lecture by the author about the subject on YouTube.
kevineleveneleven t1_izjv0so wrote
Reply to comment by CallFromMargin in Conflict in Central Europe leading to Bronze Age Collapse by Gideonn1021
There is no evidence that anyone knew how to heat treat iron during the bronze age. We can analyze the crystal structure of iron artifacts and know what processes were involved in the production. Neither are there any literary references to superior iron weaponry and armor.