Studied by 0 peopleJeanne 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.
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