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Marie Antoinette 1775-1793

Marie Antoinette, fully known as Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne d’ Autriche Lorraine, was born on November 2, 1775 in Vienna Austria. She was the Austrian Queen consort of King Louis XVI of France from 1774 to 1793. Marie was an active role in the Europe chessboard and through court progress rejected the reform that led to the French Revolution. Marie married the grandson of King Louis XV on May 16, 1770 at the age of 14. She overthrew the monarchy in 1792 and had a stigma over her reputation as it was uncommon for a representative of Vienna to marry into the Austrian royalty of King Louis XV. Through the reign of her husband, Marie could not get King Louis to resist the National Assembly in the feudalism abolishment. By through prodding her husband, in August of 1789 the resistance of the Revolutionary Assembly feudalism happened. She had efforts to advance the interest of Austria but ended up unsuccessful which caused her reputation to continue to fall. Through most, Marie was considered courageous and strong as she made stronger decisions than her husband. Through her reign she could not carry out full duties as her eldest son was ill, and later died. Through her efforts against France, the French got angry and Marie was sent to spend the remainder of her life in the Parisian prisons. After the National Convention in January, 1793 she was brought before the tribunal on October 14 and was killed.

Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Marie-Antoinette. Britannica Academic. Retrieved February 5, 2022.