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Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; [1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic.
Princess Antoinette and Alexandre-Athenase Noghès subsequently married at the Monaco consulate in Genoa on 4 December 1951 (her first, his second) and divorced in 1954. On 15 November 1951, Antoinette was created Baroness of Massy (Baronne de Massy). Her children (Elizabeth-Ann, Christian Louis and Christine Alix) were named Grimaldi at birth.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:59, 13 April 2008: 1,498 × 1,961 (2.11 MB): Cybershot800i == Beschreibung == {{Information |Description=Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, 1775 |Source=Musée Antoine Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin, France |Date=1775 |Author=Unknown painter probably made by Gautier Dagoty (1740-1786) |Permission=This image
Marie Antoinette has been referenced in numerous motion pictures and television shows, usually as a figure to denote extravagance or doomed beauty. Some of the more notable examples include the movie adaptation of Gone with the Wind, in which a portrait of the Queen hangs above Scarlett O'Hara's bed in her new mansion in Atlanta.
Marie Antoinette and Her Children, also known as Marie Antoinette of Lorraine-Habsburg, Queen of France, and Her Children [a] is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted in 1787, and currently displayed at the Palace of Versailles. [1] Its dimensions are 275 by 216.5 cm (108.3 by 85.2 in). [2]
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, kneeling before the guillotine next to her confessor on the day of her execution, 16 October 1793. Line engraving with etching, 1815. Iconographic Collections