Picardy

A province in northern France until the French Revolution, when the territory was split between the Somme and Aisne departments. The duchess's provincial estate at Moreuil was in this province.

Appears in these Letters:

1789

8 August: The Duchess Rides Through the Great Fear

The duchess felt trapped in Paris following the Revolutionary events of July 1789. She decided to leave Paris for her provincial estates at Moreuil in...