Fact Checking “Chevalier” (2022)
1) It was King Louis XV NOT Queen Marie Antoinette who bestowed his title upon him
2)it’s debated if he had a child since he died having never married
3) the film doesn’t show it but Chevalier was jailed for about a year for being a counter-revolutionary & abolitionist after The French Revolution
4) Despite knowing and hating each other, the violin duel between Mozart and Chevalier probably didn’t happen
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