Historedia
Person

Duchess de Polignac

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1783

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Duchess de Polignac, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. First Untethered Hot Air Balloon Flight

    1783

    Role: court supporter of de Rozier's claim to make the first flight

    1. 1783 · French royal courtRoyal permission for the first pilots

      Louis XVI first assigned two condemned criminals to the flight, but was persuaded to let de Rozier and d'Arlandes become the first pilots.

    2. from June 1783 until the 21 November 1783 flight · Paris and VersaillesTethered tests and balloon precedents

      Tethered tests preceded the free flight; the June 1783 public demonstration and the September Versailles animal flight prepared the way.

    3. 21 November 1783 · Garden of the Château de la Muette, Bois de BoulogneFirst untethered hot air balloon flight

      De Rozier and d'Arlandes flew a Montgolfier hot air balloon from the Château de la Muette garden on 21 November 1783, before the king.

Sources

  1. François Laurent d'Arlandes Wikipedia, revision of 2025-10-16