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Marie Antoinette

Queen of France from 1774 to 1792

For other uses, see Marie Antoinette (disambiguation).

Marie Antoinette

Portrait, c. 1775

Tenure10 May 1774 – 21 September 1792
BornArchduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
(1755-11-02)2 November 1755
Hofburg, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died16 October 1793(1793-10-16) (aged 37)
Place de la Révolution, Paris, France
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
Burial21 January 1815

Basilica of Saint-Denis

Spouse

Louis XVI

(m. ; died )​
Issue
  • German: Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna
  • French: Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Theresa
Signature
Coat of arms

Marie Antoinette (;[1]French:[maʁiɑ̃twanɛt]; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution and the establishment of the French Firs

Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna on 2 November 1755, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. Her marriage with the future Louis XVI, celebrated in the Royal Chapel at Versailles on 16 May 1770, was partly the work of the Duke de Choiseul, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and one of the principal architects of the reconciliation between France and Austria. The marriage nonetheless met with a lukewarm reception from the French public, who had not forgotten their country’s long-standing enmity towards the House of Austria. A highlight of the lavish festivities to mark the royal wedding was the inauguration of the Royal Opera.

The young Dauphine became the first lady at Court. In the eyes of the public, she and her husband symbolised the promise of a new reign which, given Louis XV’s advancing age, was expected to begin soon. The ageing King had in fact become very unpopular and his death on 10 May 1774 was looked on with relief throughout the kingdom. Marie Antoinette became Queen when she was not yet twenty years old.

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Marie Antoinette

1755-1793

Who Was Marie Antoinette?

Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France who helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in 1792. She became a symbol of the excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote “Let them eat cake,” though there is no evidence she actually said it. Marie Antoinette was beheaded nine months after her husband, Louis XVI, by order of the Revolutionary tribunal. She was 37 years old when she died in 1793.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Marie Antonia Josepha Joanna
BORN: November 2, 1755
DIED: October 16, 1793
BIRTHPLACE: Vienna, Austria
PARENTS: Maria Theresa and Francis I
SPOUSE: Louis XVI (1770-1793)
CHILDREN: Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Louis-Joseph, Louis XVII, and Sophie
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio

Family and Early Life

Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna, better known as Marie Antoinette, was born on November 2, 1755, in Vienna.

Marie Antoinette was the 15th and second to last child of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor Francis

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