The Affair of the Diamond Necklace concludes…

1786 CE

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace concludes with a sensational trial that results in the acquittal of the Cardinal, of the girl Nicole and of Cagliostro on May 31, 1786.

Nonetheless, Cagliostro is asked to leave France, and departs for England.

Jeanne de la Motte is condemned to be whipped, branded and sent to life imprisonment in the prostitutes' prison at the Salpêtrière. (In June of the following year, she will escape from prison disguised as a boy. In her absence, her husband is condemned to the galleys for life.)

Villette is banished.

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Paris Ile-de-France France View →

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Alessandro Cagliostro View → Cardinal de Rohan View → Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy View → Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan View → Louis XVI of France View → Marie Antoinette View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View →

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Diamond Necklace, Affair of the View →

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Watercraft View → Decorative arts View → Mystery View →

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