Later Queens of the French StageWilliams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
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Later Queens of the French Stage
Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
Actresses -- France -- Biography
[212] This was not the only reward of her services which the ex-singer
received. In 1804, the Emperor of Austria accorded her a pension of
1000 ducats, “in memory of the services rendered by her to her late
Majesty Marie Antoinette of France, as superintendent of the music
of that august princess.” As for the Comte d’Antraigues, he was, for
some years, in receipt of a handsome pension from the various European
Courts, and, in May 1800, received from the king of the Two Sicilies
the royal order of Constantine, together with a pension.
[213] Madame Saint-Huberty had, of course, never appeared at the
Théâtre-Français. Such is fame!
[214] As a matter of fact, her savings only amounted to some 80,000
francs, the whole of which had been lost during the Revolution.
[215] The _Times_ of July 28, 1812, states that it had been
ascertained that Lorenzo was an intimate friend of Sellis, who, after
attempting to assassinate the Duke of Cumberland, committed suicide.
[216] _L’Opéra secret au XVIIIe siècle: Madame Saint-Huberty._
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