She was 38.
Dauphin Louis Auguste was also known as Louis, Dauphin of France, and later became King Louis XVI of France. He married Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria. Their marriage was the catalyst to the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette embraced the lavish lifestyle of the French royal court with enthusiasm. She had little regard for the poor and struggling peasants, and spent money frivolously. For her attitude, she became the symbol of the people's hatred for the old regime during the French Revolution. When the French Revolution began, Marie Antionette supported the old regime. When the National Convention established the French Republic in 1792, Marie Antoinette and the king were imprisoned. Antoinette was beheaded on 16 October 1793.
It's uncertain who said it, or if it was even said at all... it is commonly attributed to Mary Antionette, although there is no actual record of her having actually said this, and it was actually "brioche", not "cake". Another biographer claimed that Marie-Therese was the one who had said it, although this claim was equally unsupported.
Louis XVI and Marie-Antionette had two daughters and two sons. Two of these died before the Revolution. The two royal children alive during the Revolution were Louis the Dauphin, heir to the Throne, and Marie-Therese. Marie-Therese and Louis were separated from their parents when they were imprisoned (both their parents were put on trial and executed). The Dauphin died in prison; it is not clear whether it was a deliberate murder or whether he simply died of illness in the unsanitary conditions of the prison. He was never put on trial. Louis was later known as "Louis XVII" despite the fact that he was never crowned as King. A number of people attempted to impersonate him in later life and claim the French throne. Marie-Therese survived the Revolution and died in 1851.
She was held prisoner in the tower of the Temple ( a medieval fortress) in Paris.
Marie Antoinette was 14 years old when she married King Louis on 19 April 1765. It was a proxy wedding - the two did not actually meet each other until five years later.
France, austria
They were husband and wife and had 4 children together.
She was 14 at the time. She was born November 2nd 1755 and married May 16th 1770.
Because she remained a symbol of the French Monarchy.
princess of austria-hungaria
Marie Antionette was an Austrian who married Louis XVI of France in 1774 aged 19 and became Queen of France till 1793 when she was executed.
King Louis XVI. Marie Antionette. Robespierre.
Marie Antionette.
Marie antionette and her husband the king Louis
She was born on November 2nd 1755 and arived in France on May 15th 1770, meaning she was 14 years of age at the time.
Louis Auguste, better known as Louis XVI, King of France.
King Louis XVI of France.