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  2. Apr 14, 2022 · On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded — just months after her husband King Louis XVI met the same fate. Marie Antoinette: the very name of the doomed queen of France, the last of the Ancien Régime, evokes power and fascination.

  3. Empress Maria Theresa died on 29 November 1780 in Vienna. Marie Antoinette feared that the death of her mother would jeopardise the Franco-Austrian alliance, as well as, ultimately, herself, but her brother, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, wrote to her that he had no intention of breaking the alliance.

  4. Jul 11, 2023 · Learn about the life and death of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France who was beheaded during the French Revolution. See photos of her family, husband, and quotes attributed to her.

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  5. Dec 27, 2021 · The former queen of France lost her head at 15 minutes past midday. Marie Antoinette’s death was now complete. Madame Tussaud managed to make a wax sculpture of Marie Antoinette’s face while the grave diggers sat down to eat their lunch. It had been left unattended on the grass, along with her body.

  6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › marie-antoinetteMarie Antoinette | Smithsonian

    A biography of the French queen who lost her head to the guillotine in 1793. No death photo of her is available, but see her portrait and the theater she built at Versailles.

  7. May 13, 2024 · Marie-Antoinette-Josèphe-Jeanne d’Autriche-Lorraine (Austria-Lorraine) Originally German: Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna von Österreich-Lothringen. Born: November 2, 1755, Vienna, Austria. Died: October 16, 1793, Paris, France (aged 37) Notable Family Members: spouse Louis XVI.

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  9. Nov 7, 2022 · The execution of Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) left the king’s widow, Marie Antoinette, overwhelmed with grief. Like a ghost, she haunted her chambers in the Tower of the Temple, the Paris prison fortress where she and her children were being detained by the revolutionary government.

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