Marie Antoinette’s beautiful necklace was a spectacular jewel with 647 stones of diamonds, 2,800 carats and valued at 1,600,000 poundsdesigned by the court jewelers, Bohmer and Bassenge, was commissioned by Louis XV for his mistress Madame Du Barry, however it never reached his hands as Louis XV died before the commission was completed.
For this reason, Mr. Bohmer offered this marvelous piece to Marie Antoinette after the birth of her son, and her response was that for that price she could acquire a ship that was much more necessary. Bohmer offered the necklace to the Queen countless times and was always refused.even begged the queen of France to buy it since she was broke, who you I advise breaking the necklace and selling the stones to overcome your difficulties.
The origin of the scandal that surrounds this necklace is that the Countess of Lamotte, belonging to a family of rank but with economic problems, became romantically involved with Cardinal Rohan, who told her that his dream was to meet Marie Antoinette in person assuming that the Countess could fulfill her wishes because of the closeness she claimed to have with the Queen. At that time, the Countess of Lamotte sees the opportunity to get rich with the dream of Cardinal Rohan, planning a plan related to the necklace that would allow him to end his dire economic situation.
In the months before the scandal, the Countess de Lamotte met Boehmer, jewel designer, who had asked him to intercede for Marie Antoinette to acquire the famous necklace. The Countess de Lamotte, I inform her lover Rohan of her that the Queen wanted to buy the necklace secretlysuggesting that he mediate in the operation in order to win the sympathy of Marie Antoinette.
Rohan goes to Boehmer who, hoping to sell the piece, gives him the necklace to send it to the Countess of Lammotewho had not planned to hand over the necklace, but sell it in london through her husband. To complete her plan, the Countess sent her letters to rohan written by her but signed by the queen in which he promised to compensate his action. While Rohan hoped to become a member of the Court of Versailles.
After several months, Rohan asks the Countess for proof of the Queen’s interest in him and that is when Lamotte hires a prostitute who bore such an enormous resemblance to Marie Antoinette so that she will meet Rohan. For his part, the jeweler Boehmer begins to express his urgency for the payment of the jewel and decides to send the bill to Versailles who was obviously not in the know. Boehmer informs Marie Antoinette that the Cardinal Rohan had been the intermediary of the purchase and the queen commands your immediate detention.
The diamond necklace scandal resulted in Marie Antoinette being accused of having an affair with Cardinal Rohan to get the expensive necklace, having nothing to do with the story or owning the jewel.