Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, comte de
Vaudreuil was a Saint Dominican French nobleman at the court of King
Louis XVI. He was the alleged lover of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse
de Polignac, the favourite of Marie Antoinette and over whom he exerted a
powerful influence. (Painting by Germain Drouais, 1758.)

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