![]() ![]() While Gabrielle was still an infant, her parents moved the family to Château of Noueilles, in the province of Languedoc in southern France. She was born into a family of ancient aristocratic lineage, but by the time of Gabrielle's birth the family, despite its exalted ancestry, was encumbered by many debts, and its lifestyle was far from luxurious. ![]() As was customary with aristocrats, most of whom bore more than one Christian name, she was generally known by the last of her names (Gabrielle). ![]() Her parents were Jean François Gabriel, Count of Polastron, seigneur de Noueilles, Venerque and Grépiac (1722-1794), who served as French ambassador to Switzerland, and Jeanne Charlotte Hérault de Vaucresson (1726-1753). Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron was born in Paris in the reign of King Louis XV. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society, but her extravagance and exclusivity earned her many enemies. Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. ![]()
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