Lafayette stops assassination attempt against Louis XVI and his wife at Versailles 6th October 1789 during the French Revolution

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette thwarting an assassination attempt by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau and the Duc d'Orleans, disguised as women, upon Louis XVI and his wife, at Versailles, France, 6th October 1789 during the French Revolution. From a contemporary print.

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