Axel von Fersen: The Man Who Loved Marie Antoinette 

Thank you so much Cheryl. I am glad you liked the video.

His alleged affairs with married women all over Europe leads me to think he wasn't as principled as one might believe 😜

I know what you mean. His was a tragic and moving story. Thank you very much for watching.

Yes, he was. Thank you kindly for your comment.

@@livesandhistories always a plesure and thank you for all the research and work you put in to your superb videos.

@@robertdudley4017 Thank you

He is in Heaven, for sure.

Yes he was. And Marie Antoinette was a sweet lady and loving mother...

I watched that movie a few times when it first came out and just now realized it’s Jamie Dornan playing Axel.

I like that movie.

unfortunately she was too sexualized in that movie and not in a way that's loveable

I agree. Thank you for watching.

His story was really heartbreaking.

Horrible people.

Somewhere I read that he was hacked to pieces by a mob.

In an enraged mob anything can happen, but his cause of death was determined to a crushed ribcage from people literally jumping up and down on his chest. Ugh, I'm getting images of men holding onto his carriage so they could slam their booted feet on his ribcage with as much force as possible. ~shudders~ From Wikipedua, quoting a contemporary source: "Von Fersen's contemporary, Baron Gustaf Armfelt, stated afterward: 'One is almost tempted to say that the government wanted to give the people a victim to play with, just as when one throws something to an irritated wild beast to distract its attention. The more I consider it all, the more I am certain that the mob had the least to do with it ... But in God's name what were the troops about? How could such a thing happen in broad daylight during a procession, when troops and a military escort were actually present?'" Awful. At the time he died, Von Fersen was the 2nd highest ranking person in the land, 2nd only to the king. Can you imagine this happening to, say, A US Vice President or a Prime Minister? Awful.

Such a horrible and undeserved death.

Barbaric, where was their humanity and their love of God? Have they no honor at all?

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You're right. Sadly, no one could save them. Thank you for watching.

Yes, indeed. Thank you for watching.

Me, too! It is said Louis XVI was aware of the relationship but did not intervene, showing his essential kindness and concern for his wife's happiness even if not with him. I am glad that Count Fersen and Marie Antoinette were able to have at least a little happiness in an unhappy time.

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@@livesandhistories Thank you for sharing! 💜

@@rocwyvern1101 You're welcome.

Agreed. Quite a man, indeed.

I agree with you, Harriet. I was also saddened to learn how he died. Thank you very much for watching.

True, indeed. Thank you for watching Sally.

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There is a nice documentary in french L'ombre d'un doute. Marie Antoinette ..there is also a chapter about him

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He is central in all the movies made about her.

watch MARIE ANTOINETTE 1938 with tyrone power as count ferson

Indeed, he was. Thank you for watching.

@@livesandhistories You’re very welcome. I recently joined your channel. It is so amazing!

Tragic, indeed. Thank you for watching Sharon.

Indeed it must have been. As an additional bit of cruelty was to forbid her to wear widow's clothing to the guillotine and instead made to wear white--as if accusing her of incest wasn't cruel and unjust enough!

I agree with you Elizabeth. Sometimes one single gesture can have an impact on history to a very great extent. Thank you for watching.

Thank you Stella.

Indeed. Thank you for watching.

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You might enjoy the book The Fatal Friendship. It is an anthology of the corresponence between Marie Antóinette and Axel Von Versen.

@@EtreTocsin Thank you🌸🌸

Yes a great and proud saga.

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I'm happy you liked it. I like to research as much as possible on the topics I choose. Thank you for subscribing Kimberly.

Admirable. Thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching Harriet.

It could have been another option. Fersen did speak to her relatives but sadly they were very slow in making decisions.

There was no Habsburg queen in the Netherlands in the late 1700’s Only a Habsburg female regent but that was in the early 1500’s

I believe one of the queen's sisters Maria Amalia was in Italy , Parma . None in Netherlands to the best of my knowledge . Too bad that the queen's eldest brother Emperor Joseph , who was like a father figure to her , was already dead . If he were still alive , the queen and her family could not have been touched by the revolutionaries .

@@erikbeermann7228 I think they mean Marie Antoinettes sister Maria Christina of Austria, who ruled the Austrian Netherlands (todays Belgium) as regent in 1781-1793.

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Thank you for watching. I will keep in mind your suggestion for future videos. As always, thanks for your support.

I agree. It would be fun to learn more about South Pacific, Indian, Asian, and African Royal. Perhaps even lesser known European Royal. For example, Greek, Prussian, Scandanavian, Polish, etc.

I meant royals.

@@cocoaorange1 It is! This channel actually talks a lot about lesser known people who were in no ways less important.

It would be nice to make a video on the late Prince Philip as a token of memory for his death. Or maybe even his mother, Princess Alice. I was also thinking it would fit your content if you had made a video on Princess Ileana of Romania, or perhaps explore the tragic part of famous people's lives, like Percy or Mary Shelley. Anyways, thank you for your hard work.

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Very well said, Andrea. Thank you for watching.

You deserve to be cheated.

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Thank you kindly. I'll keep your suggestion in mind.

I read he was given to Guards/peasants who beat and starved him constantly and made him say terrible things about his mother. I also read there was a plot to save him, probably by Axel but was unsuccessful. They beat and starved him until his death at 10yrs of age. They recently found his bones and compared DNA to that of a lock of Marie Antoinette's hair and they matched. Not sure if they reunited him with his family I heard the French were dragging their feet on this, I could be wrong, happy to hear from anyone else for correction.

@@sharonhart8360 Yes, the reality was even more brutal and unconscionable. The young Dauphin and later Louis XVII was kept in extremely unsanitary conditions without access to water to clean himself and was compelled to utter the vilest abuse towards his own mother. Soon he became so brainwashed that he denounced Marie-Antoinette with unspeakable accusations. He developed tumors all over his body and died a pitiful death. However, there were multiple pretenders afterwards, claiming to have escaped the tower, some more believable than others.

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So glad you found this video useful. From what I've read, it seems more likely than not that Marie Antoinette and Axel were romantically linked. Thank you for your comment.

I agree with you Shanny. Thank you for watching.

Sadly, King Louis was not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it came to the need for discretion.

Marie Antoinette was identified by the Inn's owner because she couldn't refrain from responding to the salutations of people who recognized her. Neither Luis nor her

were aware of the mob's fury against them. They thought they were beloved.

Somewhere, I read that it was Louis who asked Axel to let them go on without him and perhaps flight was fated to fail as the true ignorance was not getting out a long time before, especially in consideration of having funded the American Revolution without reciprocal compensation and trying to undermine the powerful Brits who never have let go of the United States, and considered everything in the United States, their property anyway

Very sad ending for this gentleman. I felt moved by his story. Thank you for watching.

I would have done the same. Death to the curr axel!

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it Angela.

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Yes, Gustav was really supportive of the French royal family.

Watch La Nuit du Varennes it cover the plan the escape and their capture. So sad

Thank you, Piero. I'm glad you found this useful. A beautiful country, Sweden, with a rich and interesting history ... All the best to you.

I read that many of his letters to the Queen were kept after Axel died by his sister, Sophie. Thank you for watching, Janaya.

Tente usar o tradutor do Google, mas o melhor mesmo é conhecer a biografia do Conde Fersen (ele merecia um filme só sobre ele, já fizeram muitos sobre a Maria Antonieta). Talvez a carta mais significativa e mais comovente que ele escreveu foi para a irmã e para o pai, num momento em que a família estava em negociação com outras famílias para arranjar um casamento para ele. Ele disse que amava e era amado pela única mulher no mundo que jamais poderia se tornar sua esposa e assim sendo ele pediu para o pai parar de procurar uma noiva, ele decidiu nunca se casar e se resguardar para seu único amor verdadeiro. O Conde Fersen arriscou a própria vida e chegou a se endividar com seu mordomo para custear a fuga da Família Real francesa. Era para ele ter acompanhado Maria Antonieta até saírem da França mas no meio do caminho o rei Luis 16 ordenou que Fersen fosse para a Bélgica levar uma carta. Não se sabe se o Rei quis poupar o Conde ou agiu por ciúmes, mas sem Fersen administrando a viagem atrasos foram se acumulando e a Família Real acabou sendo reconhecida em Varennes e levada presa de volta a Paris. O resto da história foi uma grande tragédia... O Conde Fersen voltou para a Suécia e se tornou Marechal, o 2o homem mais influente do país depois do próprio rei. No dia 24 de junho de 1810 ele foi espancado até a morte por uma multidão furiosa que achava que ele tinha participado de um suposto assassinato do príncipe herdeiro do trono sueco. Por grande ironia do destino, 24 de junho foi o dia em que Maria Antonieta e sua família foram capturados em Varennes, uma data da qual Fersen nunca se esqueceu. Ele se culpou a vida toda por não ter desobedecido o rei e acompanhado Maria Antonieta até saírem da França. Depois foi provado que Fersen era inocente e que o príncipe havia morrido por causa de um AVC, mas ninguém foi preso pelo assassinato do Conde. Existe uma série em quadrinhos chamada "A Rosa de Versalhes" que mostra o romance do Conde Fersen com Maria Antonieta, é muito famosa no Japão e na Europa.

Grata!!!

Thank you for watching. Will keep your suggestion in mind for a future video.

Yes, sadly. Thank you for watching.

I remember reading that Marie Antoinette declared that she wanted to die at the king’s feet - a statement that proves she was a dignified queen of France. But this doesn’t mean that she was not romantically involved with someone else.

@@livesandhistories Yes, there may have been a romance. But I personally think that he was not as hot as we imagine. It seems to me that in Movies and Series they exaggerate this. Letters speak of love, but love is different. Maybe it was friendship, since Marie Anutanetta wrote in her letters "my beloved friend."

@@vollhov2370 Yes, true.

Yes. Thank you for watching.

Try "The Scarlet Pimpernel" its inspired by the story of Axel..

Thank you for watching Grace.

He can only be admired for his devotion. Thank you for watching.

Because she couldn’t have any males around her unless accuse of adultery 😭💀