Jeanne de la Motte

Born into the prestigious Valois lineage but raised in extreme poverty, this ambitious noblewoman escaped her destitute upbringing by securing a position within high society. Driven by a desperate hunger for luxury and resentment toward Marie Antoinette’s insufficient charity, she orchestrated the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace. By manipulating the completion of a royal masterpiece, she launched a scandalous plot to frame the Queen, forever altering French history through her calculated deception.