Bedchamber of History

Dear Followers,  I was very busy this last year firstly for conferences and guest lecturing then researching and finally writing my thesis...

The last and according to some, the favorite official mistress (maîtresse-en-titre) of Louis XV was born as Jeanne Bécu in 1743. Like her pr...

Dear Followers,  Let me, first of all, apologize for not posting anything for two weeks. I've been really busy, trying to finish some ...

I am quite sure that almost all of you have heard about Madame Pompadour. Perhaps you also knew that she was the mistress of the French King...

We have talked about what was happening in Marie Antoinette's bedchambers (or maybe what wasn't happening) but we haven't ...

Dauphine Marie Antoinette and Dauphin Louis Auguste ( future queen of France and Louix XVI )                            Young R...

Throughout history one of the most sensational bedchambers which aroused so much curiosity that it became an inexhaustible source of gossip...