The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Jeanne de la Motte

________, a cunning con artist, set up a ruse to con a wealthy cardinal by pretending to be the queen.

1785

In ________, Queen Marie Antoinette was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

Jeanne de la Motte

________ used a near- perfect confidence ruse to manipulate Cardinal de Rohan, seducing him initially before taking advantage of his neediness, gullibility, and vanity.

1785

In ____, Queen Marie Antoinette was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

Jeanne de la Motte

a cunning con artist, set up a ruse to con a wealthy cardinal by pretending to be the queen.

Queen Marie Antoinette

In 1785, ____ was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

King Louis XV

In 1772, _______ commissioned the jewelers, Boehmer and Bassenge to create an intricate necklace for his mistress, Madame du Barry.

Madame du Barry

In 1772, King Louis XV commissioned the jewelers, Boehmer and Bassenge to create an intricate necklace for his mistress, _______.

Boehmer and Bassenge

These jewelers made a diamond necklace with 647 stones totaling 2,800 carats in weight. It took years to complete and the price range is from 2 million livres (approximately £8 million today).

2,800 carats

The jewelers made a diamond necklace with 647 stones totaling _______ in weight.

Louis XVI

By the time it was finished, Louis died of smallpox, and his heir, ______, exiled du Barry. The jewelers attempted to sell the jewelry to Queen Marie Antoinette, but she refused.

Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy

King Henri II's illegitimate son had a descendant named ________.

Nicolas de la Motte

In 1780, she married _______, a gendarmes officer, and they were known as Count and Countess .

Cardinal Louis de Rohan

who had lost the queen's favor and was eager to make amends, was one of her acquaintances.

Rétaux de Villette

a collaborator of De la Motte, forged responses from "the queen" on gold-edged stationery.

voleuse

De la Motte was imprisoned, publicly flayed, and brandished with a "V" for _________(robber). However, ten months later, he managed to escape.

eight years

She was executed _________ later during the French Revolution, and the necklace was never found.

neediness, gullibility, and vanity

Jeanne de la Motte used a near-perfect confidence ruse to manipulate Cardinal de Rohan, seducing him initially before taking advantage of his _________.

William Chaloner

In 1690s, _______ leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the Royal Mint.

Lou Blonger

In 1923, _____, the kingpin of an extensive ring of con men who operated in Denver, Colorado, for more than 25 years, is finally convicted after a famous trial dogged by allegations that Blonger’s associates attempted to bribe members of the jury.

Royal Mint

In 1690s, William Chaloner leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the _____.

1690s

William Chaloner leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the Royal Mint.

1923

Lou Blonger, the kingpin of an extensive ring of con men who operated in Denver, Colorado is finally convicted after a famous trial dogged by allegations that Blonger’s associates attempted to bribe members of the jury.