Nadia Hucko
Mod 2 History
01/09/11
“If they have no bread, then let them eat cake!” said Marie Antoinette
when she and her husband King Louis the XVI were supporting the
monarchy against reforms of the French Revolution. Some people say
during the French Revolution that she was growing financial problems
within France; but actually she reduced it. She got rid of most of the
servants within her kingdom and eliminated many unnecessary items;
Although Marie Antoinette is often criticized for being an awful queen; I
think differently. In my opinion, her lifestyle, fashion, and marriage were
all interesting.
Marie Antoinette was born on November 2nd 1755 in Vienna, Austria. Her
parents’ names were Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa. People say that
Marie was the youngest and most beautiful daughter that her parents had
had. Marie was the eleventh daughter of Francis and Maria. Marie’s
parents raised her believing that she would one day become the Queen of
France. On May 16th, 1770 Marie Antoinette married Louis-Auguste,
dauphin of France at age fourteen and Louis was fifteen. They married by
proxy at the Augustine Church in Vienna but the real wedding was in
France where Marie crossed the border two days after the marriage in
Vienna. Their actual wedding was in Versailles in the Chapel Royal. Marie’s
The Term Paper on Marie Antoinette Louis Fersen Queen
A royal female child of the eighteenth century had only two things to accomplish. The first was to ensure her parents throne by going along with an arranged marriage to a foreign royal. The second was to have a son to ensure the unity of the two families futures. Maria Antonia, later known as Marie Antoinette, was born Archduchess of Austria. She was born in 1755 and died 1793. Growing up ...
dress was exquisite with many petals and diamonds. Four years after their
marriage when Marie was only nineteen, Louis’ grandfather the King of
France had died. The next in line was King Louis to become King of France
and his wife Marie Antoinette as France’s queen. There were some ups
and some downs during her rein and some maybe not what she excepted.
At the beginning of her reign, she was well known and even loved. The
people of France loved the fact of having a new queen and starting
“fresh.” Marie through extravagant parties, and the hosts received
unbelievable gifts at the end of the parties. Marie Antoinette was known
for spending all of France’s money on jewelry, clothes, furniture, and
gambling. But once enough was enough, then the people of France and
the French Government were not too pleased when they found out that all
of France’s money was gone and that they were in debt.Marie was also
involved in a scandal called the Diamond Necklace Scandal. She was
accused of having a relationship in order to obtain a very valuable
necklace. On July 14th, 1789 a mob of Parisian citizens took the control of
the Bastille Prison in Paris, France. At such an vigorous outrage this was
the marking of the French Revolution. Since the people of France were
furious with the debts; they kept mobbing the Palace of Versailles. The
mobs became so violent that they had to move the royal family to Paris.
Marie was the most hated person of the royal family at these times
because of her outrageous spending. After trying to escape France several
times, Marie and Louis were imprisoned on October 1st, 1793. While
imprisoned, Marie made a best friend. Her name was Princess de
Lambelle. She was killed before Marie and to torture her they flagged the
princesses’ head on a pole and paraded in front of Marie. Marie and Louis’
children were taken from them. Sadly, only one of the three children lived
and that happened to be her first born daughter. They both had trails to
decide whether to be charged or given a death sentence. Unfortunately,
The Essay on Marie Antoinette French France Louis
Biography of Marie Antoinette Marie Jos " ep he Jeanne Antoinette was born on 2 nd November 1795 in Vienna, Austria to the emperor Joseph and empress Maria Therese. Her mother was a very powerful woman, who had about 15 children in total. In 1770, when she was only fourteen, Marie was married off to the French Dauphin (heir to the throne). Before she was married, Marie had to say goodbye to her ...
both Louis and Marie were ordered to a death sentence. Louis’ execution
was being beheaded as well as Marie’s death sentence. King Louis XVI was
beheaded in January of 1793. Marie Antoinette was beheaded on October
16, 1793. She held her faith strong as she was embarrassed though the
streets of France before her execution. Right before she was about to be
killed, she accidently stepped on the executioner’s foot and said her last
words. Her last words were, “Monsieur, I ask your pardon. I did not do it
on purpose.”That was Marie Antoinette’s breath at the age of 37 years
old. Marie Antoinette is buried in at the Saint- Denis Basilica in Saint-Denis,
France.
