Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) was born into Austrian royalty, the youngest daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa. As a young teen, she married the grandson of Louis XV, and became Queen of France at the age of nineteen. As Queen, however, Marie A
"Back in 1623, Louis XIII - father of Louis XIV - built a 'hunting lodge, a little gentleman's chateau' of brick, stone, and slate at Versailles.
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Marie Antoinette "was the beautiful Queen of France who became a symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century monarchy, and was stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned and beheaded by her own subjects during the French Revolution that bega
This PBS site is my Marie Antoinette pick of the day.
It is common folklore that when told of the poverty of the French people, who were so poor they could not afford bread, Queen Marie Antoinette flippantly replied "Let them eat cake!" But syndicated columnist Cecil Adams debunks this story with evidence th
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