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Was born...
Marie Antoinette was born November 2, 1755. She was the youngest daughter of Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa, They were the Emperor and Empress of the Roman Empire. -
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Marie Antoinette Life
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Thought to be queen
Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her destiny was to become queen of France. -
Married
Marie Antoinette married the prince of France in 1770. Then like four years later she became queen when her husband
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Became queen
Like four years later she became queen when her husband
was crowned King Louis XVI. -
Frowned Apon
Antoinette and Louis were placed in harms way not only by their personalities, but by the face of political and social ideology in the 18th and 19th centuries. -
Financial Crisis
Because of the financial crisis reduced the royal household staff, eliminating many unnecessary positions that were based solely on privilege, which upset the nobols. -
Taken by mob
In 1789 a mob descended on the palace at Versailles and demanded the royal family move to the Tuilerie palace inside Paris
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Failed Escape
She tried to escape from Paris, and failed and had to keep reciving aid. -
Accused wrongly
Antoinette sought aid from other European rulers including her brother, the Austrian Emperor, and her sister Queen of Naples. After a failed attempt to flee Paris in 1791 Antoinette continued to seek aid from abroad. When Austria
and Prussia declared war on France, she was accused of passing military secrets to the enemy. -
Arrested
When Austria and Prussia (a kindond of Germany) declared war on France, she was accused of passing military secrets to the enemy. On August 10, 1792 the royal family was arrested on suspicion of treason and imprisoned. -
Teated cruel
Marie Antoinette was cruely treated during her final days of captivity. Her best friend
, the Princess de Lambelle, was killed and her severed head was put on a pike and paraded in front of the Queen. -
King Louis XVI Killed
On January 21, 1793 King Louis XVI (her husband) was convicted and executed on the guillotine. -
Killed
Antoinette followed her husband to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. She was executed without proof of the crimes for which she was accused. She was only 37 years old. -
Family Stuff
Her children Marie Therese and Louis XVII were taken from her. Louis XVII was abused by the family's jailers and later died, supposedly of Tuberculosis and malnutrition. Marie Therese, her firstborn daughter was the only family member to survive. -
France after death
The Bourbon monarchy was restored in 1814 after the fall of Napoleon I. The succession went to the closest living relative of Louis XVI who became Louis XVIII. He had escaped to Britain where he sat out the Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. The new monarchy had a bumpy road, lasting until 1848 and the ascension of Napoleon III. After Napoleon III abdicated in 1871, France became a republic.
