More people bought and sold it (many of them getting murdered or losing their fortunes along the way). “They also chopped off Marie Antoinette’s head, so she probably didn’t need a diamond necklace anymore,” Storm had added. That was in 1791, during the French Revolution, so the big blue bauble was seized by the French revolutionary government. Says they make history way more interesting.Īnyway, she told us that when Marie Antoinette (Queen “Let Them Eat Cake”) owned it, she was caught trying to flee France with the ginormous diamond. But the merchant didn’t get to spend his money because he was soon mauled to death by a pack of wild dogs.” The diamond showed up in Europe in 1642 when a greedy merchant sold it to King Louis XIV for a handsome profit. “The priest’s punishment for the unholy theft was a slow and agonizing death. “It was originally plucked out of the brow of an Indian temple statue by a Hindu priest,” Storm had told us the night before we set off on our adventure.
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