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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 prior to the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic.
The Hameau de la Reine (French pronunciation: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the queen and her closest friends and as a place of leisure.
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, was beheaded during the French Revolution.. This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...
Marie Antoinette never told the examiners anything, [7] but they increased surveillance and the Queen was executed on 16 October 1793. [9] Michonis was later found guilty and was executed on 17 July 1794. Toussaint Richard and Madame Richard were released after the Queen's death. Madame Richard returned to work and was later murdered. [1]
If you are a fan of the tragic queen Marie Antoinette you’ve probably heard of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an 18th-century catfishing mishap that’s probably the most memorable fiction ...
Plan of the Palace of Versailles c. 1676 (before the third building campaign), with the Queen's grand apartment marked in yellow The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible hidden door in the corner near the jewel cabinet by Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.
The phrase was attributed to Marie Antoinette by Alphonse Karr in Les Guêpes of March 1843. [12] Objections to the legend of Marie Antoinette and the comment centre on arguments concerning the Queen's personality, internal evidence from members of the French royal family and the date of the saying's origin.