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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.

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Louis XVI was fifteen years old or twenty years old when he got married?

He was 15 years old when he married Marie Antoinette (14) and 20 when he became King.


Who was Dauphin Louis Auguste?

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.


Who was ruling France at the time of the French Revolution?

King Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were king and queen of France from 1774 until 1793. They were eventually executed during the most violent phase of the revolution: the terror.


How were the king and queen of France killed?

If by chance you are referring to the King and Queen during the Second French Revolution then , Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were both publicly executed by beheading. The weapon was a guillotine which cuts the head off the victim with a heavy falling blade.


Who was the last french king and when did he die?

Officially, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. They were the last real King and Queen of France. After the Napoleonic period (who turned France into an empire), the French monarchy was restored for some time, but only as a constitutional monarchy, meaning there were a King and Queen of France, but only in name. It was purely a title and they had no real reigning power. The last king and queen of that constitutional monarchy were Louis Philippe I and Maria Amalia (Marie Antoinette's niece).

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Who was king when Louis and Marie Antoinette were married?

Louis's grandfather, Louis XV.


What is King Louis the 16 wife?

King Louis XVI married Marie-Antoinette at the age of 15, 22 years before the beginning of his reign.


Where was King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette married?

In the chapel of Versailles.


Who were Louis the 14th and Marie Antoinette?

They had no relationship at all. She was married to King Louis XVI.


When was king Louis xvi married?

He was married to Marie Antoinette on 16 May 1770.


What was the blood relation of Marie Antoinette to the king of France?

Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI at the age of 14. She was the last queen of France. She died by the guillotine


King Louis XVI is from what country?

He was the King of France, married to Marie Antoinette both were guillotined during the Revolution.


Where was Marie Antoinette actually from?

Marie Antoinette was a princess from Austria, who married King Louis XVI of France in order for the two countries; Austria and France, to form alliances.


Who was the husband of Marie Antoinette?

She was married off to the dauphin of France, the future King Louis XVI.


Was king Louis xvi the monarch during the french revolution?

why in fact he was. He was also married to married to Marie Antoinette who were both beheaded.


Marie Antoinette was the wife of?

King Louis XVI.


Who was the Queen of England during the French Revolution?

King Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were king and queen of France from 1774 until 1793. They were eventually executed during the most violent phase of the revolution: the terror.