Flight to Varennes
Madame de Tourzel travels in disguise as Baroness de Korff to protect the royal children
Role range: 1789-1792
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Louise Elisabeth Tourzel Biography and Timeline
Follow Louise Elisabeth Tourzel through 12 dated historical records for France.
Louise Elisabeth Tourzel, historical timeline
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1791
Flight to Varennes
Madame de Tourzel travels in disguise as Baroness de Korff to protect the royal children.
Role range: 1789-1792
Tourzel assumes false identity - Impact on the royal family
Louise Elisabeth Tourzel figured in events surrounding tourzel assumes false identity at Paris. This disguise helped provide a plausible explanation for the presence of several children and attendants. It left Louis XVI and his relatives subject to closer political supervision and damaged the prestige of the court.
Role range: 1789-1792
Tourzel assumes false identity
The governess Madame de Tourzel traveled under the identity of Baroness de Korff in the royal escape party. This disguise helped provide a plausible explanation for the presence of several children and attendants.
Role range: 1789-1792
Flight to Varennes
Travels in disguise as Baroness de Korff with the royal children
Role range: 1789-1792
Flight to Varennes
Travels in disguise as Baroness de Korff with the royal children.
Role range: 1789-1792
Arrest of Louise Elisabeth Tourzel
Madame de Tourzel is detained with the children after the false Baroness de Korff identity fails
Role range: 1789-1792
Arrest of Louise Elisabeth Tourzel
Madame de Tourzel is detained with the children after the false Baroness de Korff identity fails.
Role range: 1789-1792
Tourzel detained with children - Impact on the royal family
Louise Elisabeth Tourzel figured in events surrounding tourzel detained with children at Varennes. The exposure of the false Baroness de Korff identity undermined the arrangements designed to conceal the family's movement. It left Louis XVI and his relatives subject to closer political supervision and damaged the prestige of the court.
Role range: 1789-1792
Tourzel detained with children
Madame de Tourzel remained with the royal children after the travelers were detained at Varennes. The exposure of the false Baroness de Korff identity undermined the arrangements designed to conceal the family's movement.
Role range: 1789-1792
Detention
Detained with the royal children after the escape fails
Role range: 1789-1792
Detention
Detained with the royal children after the escape fails.
Role range: 1789-1792
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