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Although she had contributed to the downfall of A. R. J. Turgot in 1776 and was hostile to Jacques Necker , her influence on the king's decisions during the first two years of the French Revolution (1789-91) has been exaggerated. She was brought with the king from Versailles to Paris (Oct., 1789) and was seized at Varennes when the royal family attempted to escape (1791). Despite her hatred of the Revolution, the apathy of the king forced her to conduct negotiations first with the comte de Mirabeau , then with Antoine Barnave . Simultaneously, however, she secretly urged Austrian intervention; after war was declared, she fully identified the cause of the Bourbon dynasty with that of France.

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