Who is Marie Antoinette?

Marie Antoinette is last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution.

How did Marie Antoinette die?

Marie Antoinette passed away in 1793 (decapitation).

What is Marie Antoinette known for?

Marie Antoinette is primarily known as a(n) consort, aristocrat.

Who is Marie Antoinette married to?

Marie Antoinette is connected to: Louis XVI of France.

Marie Antoinette

last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

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

Consort Aristocrat

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Spouse: Louis XVI of France(1770–1792)

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Marie Antoinette

last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

Biography

Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution. Born in November 1755 at the Hofburg in Vienna, Marie Antoinette was the fifteenth child and youngest daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa. By right of her birth, she was an Austrian archduchess of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. In 1769, Marie Antoinette was betrothed to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, in order to strengthen the Franco–Austrian alliance. The two were married in 1770, thus making Marie Antoinette dauphine of France at the age of fourteen. In 1774, Louis-Auguste inherited the French throne as Louis XVI, becoming king of France, and Marie Antoinette queen consort. As queen, Marie Antoinette became increasingly a target of criticism by opponents of the domestic and foreign policies of Louis XVI and those opposed to the monarchy in general. The French libelles accused her of being profligate, promiscuous, having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies, including her native Austria. She was falsely accused of defrauding the Crown's jewelers in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, but the accusations still damaged her reputation. During the French Revolution, she became known as Madame Déficit because the country's financial crisis was blamed on her lavish spending and her opposition to social and financial reforms proposed by Anne Robert Jacques Turgot and Jacques Necker. Several events were linked to Marie Antoinette during the Revolution after the government placed the royal family under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace in October 1789. The June 1791 attempted flight to Varennes and her role in the War of the First Coalition were immensely damaging to her image among French citizens. On 10 August 1792, the attack on the Tuileries forced the royal family to take refuge at the Legislative Assembly, and they were imprisoned in the Temple Prison on 13 August 1792. On 21 September 1792, France was declared a republic and the monarchy was abolished. Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793 and Marie Antoinette moved to the Conciergerie. Her trial began on 14 October 1793; two days later, she was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793 at the Place de la Révolution.

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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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Marie Antoinette

These bound issues of the 'Bulletin du Tribunal Criminel Revolutionnaire' recount the two-day interrogation, sentencing and execution of Queen Marie-Antoinette, in October 1793. Chester Beatty Library Rare Books: AH 508, p. 120 - 121

The necropolis of the kings of France, in St Denis. The two most distant tombs belong to Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.

Identificatie Titel(s): Liefdadigheid van Marie Antoinette Exemple d'humanité donné par Madame la Dauphine le 16 Octobre 1773 (titel op object) Objecttype: prent Objectnummer: RP-P-1959-612 Catalogusreferentie: IFF 18e siècle 42, Collectie Rijksmuseum-2(2) Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: prentmaker: Francois Godefroy (vermeld op object), naar ontwerp van: Jean Michel Moreau (vermeld op object), uitgever: Francois Godefroy (vermeld op object), opgedragen door: Francois Godefroy (vermeld op object), opgedragen aan: Maria Theresia van Savoye (vermeld op object) Plaats vervaardiging: prentmaker: Frankrijk uitgever: Parijs opgedragen door: Frankrijk Datering: 16-okt-1773 - ca. 1774 Materiaal en Techniek Materiaal: papier Techniek: etsen Afmetingen: plaatrand: hoogte 185 mm × breedte 264 mm Toelichting: Volgens de literatuur pendant van een prent getiteld: 'Retour de chasse' door Duclos. Onderwerp Wat: historical persons, queen, charitable works Wanneer: 1773-10-16 - 1773-10-16 Wie: Marie Antoinette Verwerving en rechten: Credit line: Bruikleen van het Museum Simon van Gijn Verwerving: bruikleen 1959 Copyright: Publiek domein

Signatures des membres du tribunal révolutionnaire apposés à la fin du Testament de Marie-Antoinette.

Plate with the beginning of the text of the french song "La Carmagnole".

Marie Antoinette

Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France), one of the jewels of Lake Annecy, the Menthon-Saint-Bernard castle, interior : the bedroom of the countess. Dress flounce in point of Argentan (18th century) having belonged to the queen Marie-Antoinette and given to the Countess Arthémine de Menthon (1821-1871, born de Klinglin) by abbot d'Aldéguier.

Identificatie Titel(s): Liefdadigheid van Marie Antoinette Objecttype: prent Objectnummer: RP-P-1956-19 Catalogusreferentie: IFF 18e siècle 42, Collectie Rijksmuseum-1(2) Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228, verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760 Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: prentmaker: Francois Godefroy, naar ontwerp van: Jean Michel Moreau Plaats vervaardiging: Frankrijk Datering: 16-okt-1773 - ca. 1774 Materiaal en Techniek Fysieke kenmerken: ets; proefdruk voor letter Materiaal: papier Techniek: etsen Afmetingen: blad: hoogte 128 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden) × breedte 202 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden) Toelichting: Volgens de literatuur pendant van een prent getiteld: 'Retour de chasse' door Duclos. Onderwerp Wat: historical persons, queen, charitable works Wanneer: 1773-10-16 - 1773-10-16 Wie: Marie Antoinette Verwerving en rechten: Credit line: Aankoop uit het F.G. Waller-Fonds Verwerving: aankoop 1956 Copyright: Publiek domein