http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2antoinettem.htm
Main points:
-known for outrageous scandals, numerous lovers, and the guillotined queen of France
-supposedly said the phrase "Let them eat the cake" but no evidence
-Marie Antoinette was immature and unprepared to take up her role as dauphine
-she was married ot Louis XVI but had no children because of Louis' medical condition, but she was at blame
-unappreciated because she was a "foreign woman"
-she refused to make freinds with important courtiers
-Louis XV died
-Anotinette and Louis XIV were crowned King and Queen of France
-she had her first daughter with him, Marie Therese Charlotte, and gained some respect
-She spent enormous amounts of money on clothing, jewels, chateaux, and any kind of whim and thus go thte name Madame Deficit
-biggest money scandal = Diamond Necklace Affair
~ was basically she stole the diamonds and had an affair with Madame La Motte
-a mob stormed Bastille
-Then the Revolution forced the royal family to move from the sumptuous palace of Versailles to the dank, dark Tuileries Palace in Paris
-The family tried to escape with help of Antoinette's Swedish lover, Alex Freson, but was unsucessful
-Both King and Queen are executed
-Son dies of TB
-Daughter survives
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