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Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded on October 16th 1793.

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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.


This royal personages suggestion for survival was to let them eat cake?

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.


Did Marie Antoinettes children survive the revolution?

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.


Where was Marie antonnete at the time of king Louis's death?

She was held prisoner in the tower of the Temple ( a medieval fortress) in Paris.


What happened to the children of Marie Antoinette's children?

The oldest, Marie-Therese, was the only member of the royal family to survive the revolution. She was taken to Vienna. She went on to marry and died at the age of 72. Her second child, a son (the Dauphin), died when he was not yet 8. Her third child, also a son, became Dauphin after his brother's death. He died in prison when he was only ten years old. The last child, another daughter, died a little less than a month before her first birthday.