Just herself. Daughter of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, and wife of Louis XVI of France. She was a real live person.
Because Empress Maria Theresa had never fully recovered from her 1767 bout with Smallpox and died on 29 Npvember 1780.
Empress Maria Theresa had 16 children of who Marie Antoinette was the 15th. Maria Theresa was not a tender loving mother, but a hard working Empress. In that day, it was out of the question that a woman reigned a country, but Maria Theresa was the only surviving child of her parents (the former Emperor and empress of Austria's and decided to reign, even though her husband should have. She was tough to the bone. She was a very strict woman who saw her children (daughters) as political pawns and married them off one by one to important royal families abroad. She did never hug or kiss her children, and the care of them was done by governesses. She also did not see them very frequently because her work wouldn't leave her much time for that. When married off, she did keep in touch with her daughters regularly by writing letters and kept being informed about them via their mentors. Marie Antoinette once admitted that she feared her mother more than she had loved her.
Her parents were the Austrian empress and emperor.
Maria Theresa kept in touch with Marie Antoinette with many letters, giving her marriage advice and criticizing her on issues such as her behavior and lack of ability to "inspire" her husband.
Marie Empress died in c. 1919.
She was the Austrian Empress (and mother to the French Queen Marie Antoinette).
Maria Theresa lived in Vienna, Austria during the 18th century. She was a monarch or Empress of the Hapsburg dynasty. She also was the mother of Marie Antoinette.
Maria Theresa was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. By marriage, Maria Theresa was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.
Hungary's Empress is Maria Theresa)
Just herself. Daughter of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, and wife of Louis XVI of France. She was a real live person.
Marie Antoinette was daughter of Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. Then she married Louis XVI. and became a french queen. She lived in 18th century - she did not lived in the middle ages.
Because Empress Maria Theresa had never fully recovered from her 1767 bout with Smallpox and died on 29 Npvember 1780.
When he was five (or six) and he performed for Empress Maria Theresa. After he finished he jumped of the stool and into the arms of the Empress and kissed her!
By marrying the heir to the throne, who 4 years later became Louis XVI. She herself was the daughter of the Holy Roman Empress and Archduchess of Austria, so she was by far the most suitable bride.
Marie Antoinette's Mother's name is Maria Theresa.
Her parents were the Austrian empress and emperor.