Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen
Menage a trois - Fersen on the top, Louis on the bottom and Marie Antoinette centre of attraction... King Louis the XVI was not one of the most fascinating men in history. In fact he was rather boring, as the entries below from a section of his diary show. Sunday, 13—Left Versailles. Supper and slept at Compignee, at the house of M. de Saint-Florentin. Monday, 14—Interview with Mme. la Dauphine. Tuesday, 15—Supped at La Muette. Slept at Versailles. Wednesday, 16—My marriage. Apartment in the gallery. Royal banquet in the Salle d’Opera. Thursday, 17—Opera of “Perseus.” Friday, 18—Stag-hunt. Met at La Belle Image. Took one. Saturday, 19—Dress-ball in the Salle d’Opera. Fireworks. Thursday, 31—I had an indigestion. Not only was Louis incredibly boring but he also had little or no interest in sex. It is not surprising therefore, that his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette soon saught to be fulfilled elsewhere. It is said that after four years of marriage the only intimacy between when