Marie Antoinette Facts
Marie Antoinette Facts
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Marie Antoinette was the 15th child of Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. |
Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna, Austria in 1755. |
In 1766 Marie was promised to Louis XVI of France. |
The arranged marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI was due to diplomatic and political reasons. |
In 1770 Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI. |
Marie and Louis had never met when they were married. Marie was 14 and Louis was 16. |
Marie and Louis were first married by proxy (they had not yet met and were married in Vienna without both being present). |
Marie was sent to France to live with her new husband shortly after the marriage by proxy. |
Marie and Louis were married on May 16th, 1770 at the royal chapel in Versailles in front of 5,000 wedding guests. |
Marie and Louis spent seven years as a married couple without producing an heir. |
Marie began to spend money on lavish items and trips to pass the time. |
Marie Antoinette gave birth to a daughter on December 19th, 1778 named Marie-Therese Charlotte. |
Marie Antoinette gave birth to a son on October 22nd, 1781 named Louis Joseph Xavier Francois. |
Marie Antoinette gave birth to her second son on March 27th, 1785 named Louis Charles. |
Marie Antoinette gave birth to her second daughter on July 9th, 1786 but she died before her first birthday. |
In 1787 Marie Antoinette was given the nickname Madame Deficit because many blamed her for the financial ruin of France. |
Marie and Louis' oldest son died of tuberculosis when he was only seven. |
Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and their family were forced to move to Paris not long after the Storming of the Bastille. |
Following an escape to the Austrian border, troops helped restore the royal family to the throne. |
A radical group in France attempted to declare war on Austria but the war did not go well. Marie was blamed for the failure. |
The monarchy was overthrown in 1792. |
King Louis XVI was tried for treason and executed in January of 1793. |
Marie lost custody of her son in July 1793. He was forced to tell lies about his mother at her trial in October of the same year. |
Marie was tried and convicted of treason in 1793. Her head was cut off by guillotine. |
Marie Antoinette was 37 when she was executed. |
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