Queens of france biography
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Marie Antoinette
Queen of France from 1774 to 1792
For other uses, see Marie Antoinette (disambiguation).
| Marie Antoinette | |||
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Portrait, c. 1775 | |||
| Tenure | 10 May 1774 – 21 September 1792 | ||
| Born | Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1755-11-02)2 November 1755 Hofburg, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||
| Died | 16 October 1793(1793-10-16) (aged 37) Place dem la Révolution, Paris, France | ||
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine | ||
| Burial | 21 January 1815 Basilica of Saint-Denis | ||
| Spouse | Louis XVI (m. ; died ) | ||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||
| Father | Francis inom, Holy långnovell Emperor | ||
| Mother | Maria Theresa | ||
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Marie Antoinette (;[1]French:[maʁiɑ̃twanɛt]ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793)
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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.
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With a lively yet serious spirit, the Queen was a highly cultivated woman who fulfilled her royal duties with dignity and attached great importance to maintaining a court “etiquette”, or protocol, every bit as rigorous as that which prevailed during the reign of Louis XIV. Marie Leszczyńska was chosen in 1725 to marry the young Louis XV, who had originally been betrothed to the Infanta of Spain. Once the Infanta was dismissed as being too young to bear children, attentions turned to the Princess of Poland, seven years older than the King.
In 1726 the Queen tried to offer her support to the Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister and the chief architect of her marriage, but in doing so drew the ire of Cardinal de Fleury, who exerted considerable influence over the King. Thereafter she stayed out of the King's affairs and played no further political role. Gradually abandoned by Louis XV for his mistresses, she became increasingly pious and lent her support to various charitable works, in