She was Austrian, a country that France had been in war with for years. The French did not want a foreigner on the throne, especially not an Austrian. Also, even before she came to France, the revolution was already smouldering because of the financial disasters of Louis XIV and Louis XV which they did to the national treasury. France was already almost bankrupt when Marie Antoinette stepped in the picture, and because the French needed someone to blame it all on, and she was Austrian, she was the perfect victim. The people tried to make all of France believe that she had no concern for her people, spending money on wigs and dresses and throwing wild parties while the population was starving and desperate. The people did believe it, although she was completely innocent and killed her and her husband, destroying the whole French monarchy and the French credibility all around the world for as far as the French had that anyway.
No, she was the last.
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.
Marie Antoinette's favorite painter was Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
She became queen of France on May 10th, 1774.
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.
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.
Marie Antoinette Queen of France was created in 1956.
1795
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne de Habsbourg-Lorraine.
Queen Marie Antoinette
She was Queen of France.
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette.
Yes
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Austrian born Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI.
No. But when she was first queen, a little. Unless than that, no. ~SKH