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Jun 17, 2024 · Marie-Antoinette, the ill-fated queen of France, scandalized society with her lavish lifestyle during a tumultuous era that ultimately led to her tragic downfall.
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Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution.
Jun 23, 2020 · Fans of Antoinette’s cakes and pastries, you have until next Tuesday (Jun 30) to enjoy these creations before the French patisserie, which has been around for nine years, closes for good. The...
Nov 9, 2009 · Marie Antoinette, the 15th child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and the powerful Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1755–an age of great instability for European ...
Apr 4, 2022 · Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793) was the queen of France during the turbulent final years of the Ancien Régime and the subsequent French Revolution (1789-1799). With the ascension of her husband Louis...
- Born in Vienna on 2 November 1755 as Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna, archduchess of Austria. the 15th child of Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Aust...
- A victim of her time and circumstance, she was made a scapegoat for everything wrong with the French monarchy. The lies spread about her were enoug...
- Marie Antoinette had four children: Marie-Thérèse in 1778, Louis-Joseph in 1781, Louis-Charles in 1785, and Sophie in 1786. Only her eldest child s...
- After the rise of the radical Jacobins, during the reign of the infamous Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary Tribunal charged her with a...
- Her last words, after accidentally stepping on the foot of her executioner, were "Pardon, monsieur. I did not do it on purpose."
Marie Antoinette walks to the guillotine composed and with pronounced royal dignity. On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed in Paris at the Place de la Révolution, known today as the Place de la Concorde. Overview of Marie-Antoinette's life.
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Jul 11, 2023 · Queen Marie Antoinette helped provoke the French Revolution that led to the monarchy’s end in 1792. Read about her children, death, movies about her, and more.
