Oct. 15th, 2008

Marie Antoinette

Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (November 2, 1755 October 16, 1793), known to history as Marie Antoinette (pronounced /ma?i ??ntwan?t/), 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.

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Originally published at doreenpayne.com.

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