Does anyone have any facts on Marie Antoinette?

Question

I'm doing a report on Marie Antoinette. I really need some quick interesting facts please!

Thank You!

Answer 1

MARIE ANTOINETTE-

Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen, (November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793), known to history as Marie Antoinette (pronounced /maʀi ɑ̃twanɛt/), was born an Archduchess of Austria, and later became Queen of France and Navarre. At fourteen, she was married to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, the future Louis XVI. She was the mother of Louis XVII who died in the Temple Tower at the age of ten during the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette is perhaps best remembered for her legendary (and, some modern historians say[specify], exaggerated) excesses, and for her death: she was executed by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution in 1793, for the crime of treason.

Answer 2

mange le gateaux ! she was reputed to have said that when she saw the starving who had no bread to eat . Those were the days eh .

Answer 3

Her mother was Maria Teresa

Answer 4

She was born in Austria

Answer 5

there is the movie which gives you lots of interesting info about her decadent lifestyle.

For instance her husband and herself did not have s*x for 7 years after they were married. She also had an affair, and was the fashion icon of the day (check the hair, the original Amy Winehouse pouf!).

Answer 6

she was decapitated :)

Answer 7

Marie Antoinette was born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was the youngest and most beautiful daughter of Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa, Emperor and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her destiny was to become queen of France. She married the crown prince of France in 1770. Four years later she became queen when her husband was crowned King Louis XVI (House of Bourbon).

As Queen of France, rather than ignoring France's growing financial crisis, she reduced the royal household staff, eliminating many unnecessary positions that were based solely on privilege. In the process she offended the nobles, adding their condemnation to the scandalous stories spread by royal hopefuls. It was the nobility that balked at the financial reforms the government ministers tried to make, not the King and Queen, who were in favor of change.

In truth, Antoinette and Louis were placed in harms' way not only by elements of their personalities, but by the changing face of political and social ideology in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1789 a mob descended on the palace at Versailles and demanded the royal family move to the Tuilerie palace inside Paris. From that point on the King and Queen were virtual prisoners. 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. On August 10, 1792 the royal family was arrested on suspicion of treason and imprisoned. On January 21, 1793 King Louis XVI was convicted and executed on the guillotine. 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.

Her children (Marie Therese and Louis XVII) were taken from her. Louis XVII was subjected to abuse 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. 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.

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Answer 8

Betcha if you just google her, you´ll find a little bit of info.  I´ll bet there´s two or three tidbits out there on the web.

Answer 9

just google her...wiki has a good article about her (watch out if it's for school, though).