Episode guide
The Rose of Versailles episodes
- episodes listed
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- episodes listed
Episode 1 · Oscar, the Destiny of a Rose
Aired Wednesday, October 10, 1979 · 23 min
Oscar François de Jarjayes is born. Due to her father's strong desire for a son, she is raised as a boy.
Episode 2 · Fly! An Austrian Butterfly!
Aired Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · 23 min
Marie Antoinette arrives to France. Oscar foils the Duke Orleans' plot to prevent the marriage of Antoinette and Louis XVI, though he manages to avoid suspicion.
Episode 3 · A Spark in Versailles
Aired Wednesday, October 24, 1979
Antoinette meets and instantly dislikes the king's mistress Madame Du Barry for being a former prostitute and commoner.
Episode 4 · Rose, Wine, and Conspiracy...
Aired Wednesday, October 31, 1979
Antoinette sends her own invitation to Madame Jarjayes in order to counteract Du Barry's. Both know that the one to get the Jarjayes' on their side will be more popular, as Oscar is highly liked in…
Episode 5 · Tears with Dignity...
Aired Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Du Barry fakes crying to get the King enraged at Antoinette and plots with Orleans to get Prince Louis killed in a hunting "accident".
Episode 6 · A Silk Dress and a Rugged Dress
Aired Wednesday, November 14, 1979
Antoinette and the Crown Prince visit Paris. Lady Oscar prevents an assassination against the Crown Prince. The culprit, Charles Colder, commits suicide by poison.
Episode 7 · Who Wrote the Love Letter?
Aired Wednesday, November 21, 1979
Antoinette goes to a masquerade, accompanied by Lady Oscar and both meet Hans Axel von Fersen. Antoinette and Fersen are instantly attracted to each other, and he finds out that she is the Dauphine.
Episode 8 · Oscar in My Heart
Aired Wednesday, November 28, 1979
With Oscar's growing responsibility and rise in status, Andre begins to feel neglected to the point of having nightmares.
Episode 9 · Sun Sets, Sun Rises
Aired Wednesday, December 5, 1979
King Louis XV catches smallpox. Tension rises in court as everyone decides whose sides to take in case the King dies.
Episode 10 · A Beautiful Devil, Jeanne
Aired Wednesday, December 12, 1979
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are crowned King and Queen of France. Maximilian Robespierre, future leader of the French Revolution, reads them their congratulations.
Episode 11 · Fersen Departs for the Northland
Aired Wednesday, December 19, 1979
Antoinette is ecstatic to be Queen and believes that it will grant her the happiness and freedom she's been searching for.
Episode 12 · Oscar, at the Duel at Dawn
Aired Wednesday, December 26, 1979
Antoinette is easily swayed by Beltin Dressmakers into spending an extravagant amount of money on their finery. She spends more time entertaining herself than attending to her duties as Queen.
Episode 13 · The Wind of Arras, Please Respond...
Aired Wednesday, January 9, 1980
Antoinette is entranced by singer Yolande de Polignac and invites her entire family to move to Versailles—one of the many decisions that would lead to her eventual destruction.
Episode 14 · The Secret of the Angel
Aired Wednesday, January 16, 1980
Oscar and Andre return to their manor. Polignac manipulates Antoinete into giving her family undeserved wealth and ranking, causing resentment among the nobles.
Episode 15 · Countess of Casino
Aired Wednesday, January 23, 1980
Oscar is released from confinement and put back on duty. Orleans and Guemenee place pressure on Antoinette for her lack of an heir, using her rising insecurity and tarnishing reputation to their…
Episode 16 · Mother, Her Name is...
Aired Wednesday, January 30, 1980
Rosalie struggles through etiquette and fencing lessons and attends her first ball as Oscar's distant relative.
Episode 17 · Now the Time of Encounter
Aired Wednesday, February 6, 1980
Oscar and Rosalie go to court to introduce Rosalie to the Queen. Rosalie finally encounters Polignac and the two of them recognize each other at once.
Episode 18 · Suddenly, Like Icarus
Aired Wednesday, February 13, 1980
Fersen's sudden arrival causes the assassins to retreat. Oscar is taken back to her manor to recover, and correctly suspects Polignac as the mastermind of the plot.
Episode 19 · Farewell, My Sister!
Aired Wednesday, February 20, 1980
Polignac agrees to marry off 11-year-old Charlotte to Duke Guiche, a powerful but shady middle-aged man with an unhealthy fetish for young girls.
Episode 20 · Fersen, a Farewell Rondeau
Aired Wednesday, February 27, 1980
Fersen continues spending nights with the Queen, but the guilt is eating away at him. He begins spending his time at run-down, shady bars while rumors of their liaison spread throughout France.
