Marie Antoinette has always been fascinating historical figure to me. I may add, the French Revolution has always captivated me as well in many compelling ways. What started out as a great new promise and the dawning of a new democratic age in France turned into one of the most tragic episodes in history, the Reign of Terror. The French royals were the beginning of the end to the ancien régime and the subsequent revolutionary changes, both good and bad.
Anyway, I find it fascinating that one of the pieces of her jewelry, her ring, contained a lock of her hair. Also, I see a tiara among the pieces that has the fleur-de-lis but it doesn't identify it belonging to the former queen of France.