First, his father died unexpectedly, which meant that he was now the Marquis de Sare.
Then fortunately for him, although from her family’s point of view it was a tragedy, his wife was killed in a carriage accident.
It was something that happened fairly frequently in the overcrowded twisting streets of Paris, which the Emperor was intending to have replanned by Baron Haussmann.
The Princess’s death contributed to the evidence that reform was urgently needed and by the end of the same year Baron Haussmann’s designs for a new Paris were accepted.
The ancient filthy houses with their insanitary foundations and the twisting stinking streets that were a danger both to vehicles and pedestrians alike were demolished.
For the Marquis to be free from his unhappy marriage at the age of twenty-tw
