Marie Antoinette
last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

Photo by: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons
Born:November 2, 1755
Died:October 16, 1793
Age at death:37
Manner of death:Capital Punishment
Cause of death:Decapitation
Zodiac Sign:Scorpio
Born in:Hofburg Palace, Austria
Buried in:France
Languages:German, French
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Photo by: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Marie Antoinette
last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution
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“Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?”
— Responding to the priest who had accompanied her to the foot of the guillotine, who had whispered, "Courage, madame! Now is the time for courage." Quoted in Women of Beauty and Heroism (1859) by Frank B. Goodrich, p. 301.; Variant translations:; Courage! The moment when my ills are going to end is not the moment when courage is going to fail me.; Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me.
“The King of Prussia is innately a bad neighbor, but the English will also always be bad neighbors to France, and the sea has never prevented them from doing her great mischief.”
“No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently.”
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St. Denis, Gedenkmal Louis XVI. und Marie Antoinette
Grab Louis XVI und Marie Antoinette

Archduchess Marie Antoinette, Dauphine of France.

Matrice en argent au chiffre de Marie-Antoinette munie de son manche en ivoire dans son écrin de velours.Source: Archives nationales SC/MAT/1210.

inscription Marie Antoinette sur l'obélisque de Fontainebleau

Marie Antoinette's execution in 1793 at the Place de la Révolution

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette of Austria

Lettre de Marie-Antoinette à son frère l'empereur Léopold II en date du 8 septembre 1791. Autographe sur papier.
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Questions and answers about Marie Antoinette
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Marie Antoinette was a last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution.
When was Marie Antoinette born?
Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755.
When and how did Marie Antoinette die?
Marie Antoinette died on October 16, 1793, at the age of 37. Cause of death: decapitation.
Where was Marie Antoinette born?
Marie Antoinette was born in Hofburg Palace, Austria.
What was Marie Antoinette known for?
Marie Antoinette was known for work as: consort, aristocrat.
Who was Marie Antoinette married to?
Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI of France.

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