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     • The day after Marie Antoinette met the 15-year-old future king of France, the two were wed in a lavish palace ceremony.
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   Why did Louis XV marry Marie Antoinette?

   • At Versailles, Louis, the French dauphin, marries Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. In 1774, with the death of King Louis XV, Louis and Marie Antoinette were crowned king and queen of France.

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   How old was Marie Antoinette when Louis XV died?

   • When Louis XV died in 1774, Louis-Auguste succeeded him to the French throne as Louis XVI, making Marie Antoinette, at 19 years old, queen of France. The personalities of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette couldn’t have been more different.

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   When was Marie Antoinette married?

   • Four years later, Marie Antoinette and the dauphin were married by proxy in Vienna. (They were 15 and 16 years old, and they had never met.) On May 16, 1770, a lavish second wedding ceremony took place in the royal chapel at Versailles. More than 5,000 guests watched as the two teenagers were married.

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   How were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette different?

   • The personalities of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette couldn’t have been more different. He was introverted, shy, and indecisive, a lover of solitary pleasures such as reading and metalwork; she was vivacious, outgoing, and bold, a social butterfly who loved gambling, partying and extravagant fashions.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Marie-AntoinetteMarie-Antoinette | Biography, Death, Cake, French Revolution ...

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   May 13, 2024 · She was only 14 when her parents had her married to the dauphin Louis, grandson of Louis XV of France, for diplomatic purposes. In 1774, when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, she became queen.

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4. en.chateauversailles.fr › discover › historyMarriage of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Antoinette

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   A marriage between the two royal houses had been planned since the early 1760s, but only came about in 1770. On 19 April the wedding took place by proxy in Vienna, marrying the Dauphin and future Louis XVI, the grandson of Louis XV, to Marie-Antoinette, the youngest daughter of Maria-Theresa of Habsburg. On 16 May, the young Archduchess arrived ...

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1755, Marie Antoinette married the future French king Louis XVI when she was just 15 years old. The young couple soon came to symbolize all of the excesses of...

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7. www.history.com › louis-marries-marie-antoinetteFrench dauphin, Louis, marries Marie Antoinette - HISTORY

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   Jul 11, 2023 · Within months, Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI, were pledged to marry. Three years later, Louis XV dispatched a tutor to Austria to instruct his grandson’s future...

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   He incorporated Corsica into France (1768), and negotiated the marriage of his grandson, the future Louis XVI, with Marie Antoinette (1770). His most notable accomplishment was the modernization of the French military, based on the lessons learned during the Seven Years' War.

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    Apr 4, 2022 · It was eventually decided that Maria Antonia would be married to Louis XV's grandson, Louis-Auguste, Duke of Berry (l. 1754-1793) who had become heir and dauphin of France upon the death of his father in 1766.