Monitoring Marie-Antoinette: Empress Marie-Thérèse’s Spy Network Ensures Diplomatic Neutrality

2023-09-15 06:52:00

Despite the hundreds of kilometers that separate her from Marie-Antoinette, Empress Marie-Thérèse soon learned of her attitude. Knowing her daughter’s character, she in fact took responsibility for spies to monitor her at Versailles, in order to ensure that she does not make any mistakes.

When she learns that her younger sister is regarding to trigger a major diplomatic incident, she hastens to take up the pen, to ask her to put water in her wine. Because if in theory she also disapproves of the infidelity of Louis XV, in practice, her moral principles do not carry much weight, compared to the piece of Polish land that she covets. However, France must remain neutral at all costs, so that it can achieve its goals.

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