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No. The Fench Revolution was to dethrone the monarchy. King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinettewere beheaded. Napoleon came to power after the revolution and took over the democratic government. More proof: If Napoleon died in the 1780s, how could he have sold Louisiana to Jefferson in 1803?
Louis XVI was the king that was beheaded. Marie Antoinette was the queen who said, "Let them eat cake." She was also beheaded. Marquis de Lafayette was in charge of the National Guard. Jacques Necker was the finance minister. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a primary leader of the Revolution. Under Robespierre over 18,000 were put to death. Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès was a right wing leader proposing a reform similar to the British Parliament. Georges Jacques Danton was an orator who proposed death of the King, only to later be guillotined himself. Napoleon Bonaparte was in charge of defending the Convention in the Tuileries Palace.
Marie Antoinette was beheaded because she was Queen of France during the unfortunate period of the French Revolution. The French people regarded the ancien regime, the system of monarchy and aristocracy that had been in place in France for hundreds of yeras, as evil and responsible for all the hardships that they had been forced to face over the years, which was largely true. The French monarchy was self-indulgent and spent vast amounts of money (i.e. the Palace of Versailles). People regard Queen Marie Antoinette as the embodyment of all that was wrong with the government, with her ridiculous expensive fashions and extravagance. In the Revolution, and above all in the Reign of Terror that encompassed the time during which Marie was beheaded, all the aristocrats, characterized as "enemies of the republic" were sent to the guillotine. Marie was the very height of the monarchy, so she was destined to die. Her life may have been spared if her brother Joseph II of Austria or her mother Maria Theresa were still alive and they could have sent her help, but they were not and so she went to the guillotine.Or:Because she suffered from a fatal birth defect. She was born an Austrian and that alone was adequate to demand her death during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette showed everybody in the world today that being a Queen is not easy, for Marie had many heads turn against her one thing that Marie didn't do was care and look after everyone that she ruled over this lead her to her death. it's quite simple to share out some bread to those in need and as queen she didnt do that.
Other than being two Tragic Queens- victims of revolution, not much in common. Both Marie Antoinette and Alexandra were originally of Germanic Nationality. The Czarina was originally surnamed Von Hess! Marie Antoinette was of Austrian extraction, not German- like Berlin, but a German-speaking country. She was one of the daughters of Maria Theresa- the chunky empress who is still honored on coins made well over 200 years after her death! ( the Maria Theresa Thaler- all of which are dated l780). Marie Antoinette was Catholic, Alexandra was Lutheran but converted to Russian Orthodox faith- most zealous in that line!
Marie Antoinette did not have much influence over Louis XVI. However, she did play a large role in his deciding to try and flee the country (Flight to Varennes).
King Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette.
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.
No. The Fench Revolution was to dethrone the monarchy. King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinettewere beheaded. Napoleon came to power after the revolution and took over the democratic government. More proof: If Napoleon died in the 1780s, how could he have sold Louisiana to Jefferson in 1803?
Louis XVI was the king that was beheaded. Marie Antoinette was the queen who said, "Let them eat cake." She was also beheaded. Marquis de Lafayette was in charge of the National Guard. Jacques Necker was the finance minister. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a primary leader of the Revolution. Under Robespierre over 18,000 were put to death. Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès was a right wing leader proposing a reform similar to the British Parliament. Georges Jacques Danton was an orator who proposed death of the King, only to later be guillotined himself. Napoleon Bonaparte was in charge of defending the Convention in the Tuileries Palace.
Just about all of them. Louis XVI appears to have been the exception, and look what happened to him. He was accused of over-favouring his wife, Marie-Antoinette, and betraying France to her brother the Emperor of Austria.
Marie Antoinette was beheaded because she was Queen of France during the unfortunate period of the French Revolution. The French people regarded the ancien regime, the system of monarchy and aristocracy that had been in place in France for hundreds of yeras, as evil and responsible for all the hardships that they had been forced to face over the years, which was largely true. The French monarchy was self-indulgent and spent vast amounts of money (i.e. the Palace of Versailles). People regard Queen Marie Antoinette as the embodyment of all that was wrong with the government, with her ridiculous expensive fashions and extravagance. In the Revolution, and above all in the Reign of Terror that encompassed the time during which Marie was beheaded, all the aristocrats, characterized as "enemies of the republic" were sent to the guillotine. Marie was the very height of the monarchy, so she was destined to die. Her life may have been spared if her brother Joseph II of Austria or her mother Maria Theresa were still alive and they could have sent her help, but they were not and so she went to the guillotine.Or:Because she suffered from a fatal birth defect. She was born an Austrian and that alone was adequate to demand her death during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette showed everybody in the world today that being a Queen is not easy, for Marie had many heads turn against her one thing that Marie didn't do was care and look after everyone that she ruled over this lead her to her death. it's quite simple to share out some bread to those in need and as queen she didnt do that.
He ran away with his wife Marie Antoinette, his two children, the governess of the two children, his sister Elisabeth. Then there was the coachman, first this was Axel von Fersen, but he only drove them out of Paris. After the city border, another coachman took over.
Other than being two Tragic Queens- victims of revolution, not much in common. Both Marie Antoinette and Alexandra were originally of Germanic Nationality. The Czarina was originally surnamed Von Hess! Marie Antoinette was of Austrian extraction, not German- like Berlin, but a German-speaking country. She was one of the daughters of Maria Theresa- the chunky empress who is still honored on coins made well over 200 years after her death! ( the Maria Theresa Thaler- all of which are dated l780). Marie Antoinette was Catholic, Alexandra was Lutheran but converted to Russian Orthodox faith- most zealous in that line!
I blame the public of France. She was executed on the guillotine by Sanson the executioner, not however the Sanson who had executed her husband Louis XVI but his son who had assumed the office from his father who attended and acted as an assistant.
Marie Antoinette, the young Austrian queen of King Louis XVI, was beheaded as a result of the rising discontent of the Third Estate (bourgeoisie, peasantry, and artisans). The discontent stemmed from the French intervention in the American Revolution. Helping the Americans, as it turned out, came with a crippling amount of debt. In order to counteract this debt, the Crown decided to raise taxes, taking more money from the dirt poor peasantry. A poor harvest and rising inflation led to a series of bread riots, as accounted for by E. J. F. Barbier's Chronique de la regence et du regne de Louis XV ou journal de Barbier.Money has been devalued by one-third this year. . . . Order is being reestablished only with great difficulty, which highlights the danger of workers becoming accustomed to increased earnings. It was attractive for them to work only three days and to have enough to live on for the rest of the week. (April, 1724)On Saturday the fourteenth, a baker of the faubourg Saint-Antoine seemingly tried to sell bread for thirty-four sous which that morning had cost thirty. The woman to whom this happened caused an uproar and called her neighbors. The people gathered, furious with bakers in general. Soon their numbers reached eighteen hundred, and they looted all the bakers' houses in the faubourg from top to bottom, throwing dough and flour into the gutter. Some also profited from the occasion by stealing silver and silverware. (17 July, 1725)Throughout this predicament, the richest classes, the First and Second Estates (clergy and nobility), were tax exempt. Furthermore, the Third Estate had nearly no say in the government or the Church, and were unable to stop the over taxation of the masses. Marie Antoinette, with her pearl adorned tresses, her frivolous spending, and her reckless habits, had to be taught a lesson. In truth, Marie Antoinette was not as affluent as it seemed, but paintings, such as Jeanne-Baptiste Gautier's Marie Antoinette, certainly seemed to affirm this viewpoint. After the Storming of the Bastille, the discontent of the Third Estate evolved into a full blown revolution: The French Revolution. Shortly after, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were put under house arrest, and later prison. On October 14, 1793, Marie Antoinette was given a trial and was accused of various scandalous acts including incest with her son, which stemmed from rumors and public belief. Two days later, on October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the guillotine.