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Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna

Life at Versailles

  • Vienna, Austria, in 1755,
  • Marie Antoinette married the French king Louis XVI when she was just 15 years old.
  • They soon came to symbolize all of the excesses of the reviled French monarchy.
  • Marie Antoinette became the target of gossip. After the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, the royal family was forced to live under the supervision of revolutionary authorities.
  • In 1793, the king was executed; then, Marie Antoinette was arrested and tried for crimes against the French republic.
  • Her marriage was difficult
  • she had very few official duties
  • she spent most of her time socializing and indulging her extravagant tastes.
  • newspapers and inexpensive pamphlets made fun at the queen’s behavior and spread pornographic rumors about her.
  • it had become fashionable to blame Marie Antoinette for all of France’s problems.
  • She was convicted and sent to the guillotine on October 16, 1793.

French Revolution

  • In June 1791, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled Paris and headed for the Austrian border.
  • The queen’s brother, the Holy Roman Emperor, waited with troops ready to invade France.
  • This incident was proof that the queen was not just a foreigner,she was a traitor.
  • She gave away the French Army's techniques that were going to be used against the Austrian army.

MARIE ANTOINETTE

by:Marcela

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