Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna
Father
Mother
Maria Theresa
- Archdutchess of Austria
- Holy Roman Emperess
Francis I
- Holy Roman Emperor
- Grand Duke of Tuscany
Age 31
King Louis is executed.
Age 10
Age 22
Age 24
Age 18
Marie Antionette is executed.
" I would ride into battle alongside you,
if I weren't perpetually pregnant."
-Maria Theresa
" If the people have no bread, let them eat cake!"
Marie's beloved father dies.
January 21, 1793
Her mother, Maria Theresa dies.
October 16, 1793
July 14 - The Bastille failed, and the governor had been executed.
The French Revolution began.
The mob killed 2 Palace Guards, and forced their way into Maries bedroom, demanding her death.
Still no baby! Maria's brother pays a
visit to complain.
August 30, 1777- Maria writes to her
mother to say her marriage has
finally been consemated.
She didn't actually say that, she knew
nothing about the situations outside of
Versailles.
The pain of losing her mother, led her to create Trianon.
She met her secret lover, Count Fersen.
And she fell completely in love with him.
Marie Theresa Charlotte
Age 8
Maximillian Robespierre
Louis Charles
Age 14
Age 19
Age 29
Born in 1785
Marie is found guilty of "The Diamond
Affairs" and for sexually abusing her son,
Louis Charles.
Born in 1778
Age 30
is crowned King of France
at age 20.
- King and Queen forced to share power with the clergy and common people.
- Her son Louis Joseph dies of Tuberculosis
marry Louis Auguste of
France.
Orders removal of the King.
The King is tried for treason.
A group of thieves convince a clergyman to buy the necklace for Marie.
They pin the crime on Marie, although she is innocent.
Everything wrong with the country soon becomes her fault.
Louis Joseph
Sophie Beatrix
Born in 1781
France and Austria
The two countries were long time enemies, so she was expecting judgement.
Born in 1787
But dies shortly before
her first birthday.
Age 8
Artists and journalists made crude pamphlets of the Queen.
"If the King can't control his own wife, how will he run a country?"
Took blame for the fall
Fancy dresses, no pants
Last Queen of France
She did whatever she needed to make herself comfortable.
5 THINGS
After her execution, France got rid of the Monarchy, and created a contstituion.
Because of the crude pamphlets, "The Diamond Affairs" and even her origin, the people blamed her for everything wrong in their country.
- And she lost her head in the end
Gave no "cake" at all.
And she lost her head in the end.
She was beheaded, because she was found guilty of fraud and sexually abusing her son.
She never actually said " If they have no bread, let them eat cake." because she was unaware of conditions outside of Versailles.
Do you remember the "5 things"?
- And she lost her head in the end