51 Facts About Marie Antionette

Marie Antionette was the youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, ruler of the Habsburg Empire, and her husband Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Marie Antionette's godparents were Joseph I and Mariana Victoria, King and Queen of Portugal; Archduke Joseph and Archduchess Maria Anna acted as proxies for their newborn sister.

Marie Antionette learned to play the harp, the harpsichord and the flute.

Marie Antionette sang during the family's evening gatherings, as she was known to have had a beautiful voice.

Marie Antionette excelled at dancing, had "exquisite" poise, and loved dolls.

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Marie Antionette was Louis XV's mistress and had considerable political influence over him.

Marie Antionette Antoinette was persuaded by her husband's aunts to refuse to acknowledge du Barry, which some saw as a political blunder that jeopardized Austria's interests at the French court.

Marie Antionette merely commented to her, "There are a lot of people at Versailles today", but it was enough for Madame du Barry, who was satisfied with this recognition, and the crisis passed.

Marie Antionette Antoinette pleaded with her husband for the French to intercede on behalf of Austria.

Repayment of the French debt remained a difficult problem, further exacerbated by Vergennes and by Marie Antionette Antoinette's prodding Louis XVI to involve France in Great Britain's war with its North American colonies.

Marie Antionette Antoinette feared that the death of her mother would jeopardize the Franco-Austrian alliance, but her brother, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, wrote to her that he had no intention of breaking the alliance.

In 1782, after the governess of the royal children, the Princesse de Guemene, went bankrupt and resigned, Marie Antionette Antoinette appointed her favorite, the Duchesse de Polignac, to the position.

Marie Antionette sponsored the arts, in particular music, and supported some scientific endeavours, encouraging and witnessing the first launch of a Montgolfiere, a hot air balloon.

Marie Antionette Antoinette began to abandon her more carefree activities to become increasingly involved in politics in her role as Queen of France.

Marie Antionette Antoinette had profoundly disliked Rohan since the time he had been the French ambassador to Vienna when she was a child.

Marie Antionette Antoinette did not attend the meeting and her absence resulted in accusations that the queen was trying to undermine its purpose.

Marie Antionette began to institute more cutbacks at court while trying to restore the royal absolute power weakened by parliament.

Marie Antionette had played a decisive role in the disgrace of the reformer ministers of finance, Turgot, and Jacques Necker.

Marie Antionette did participate in the King Council, the first queen to do this in over 175 years, and she was making the major decisions behind the scene and in the Royal Council.

Marie Antionette accepted Necker's proposition to double the representation of the Third Estate in an attempt to check the power of the aristocracy.

Marie Antionette's role was decisive in urging the king to remain firm and not concede to popular demands for reforms.

Marie Antionette Antoinette continued to perform charitable functions and attend religious ceremonies, but dedicated most of her time to her children.

Marie Antionette played an important political, albeit not public, role between 1789 and 1791 when she had a complex set of relationships with several key actors of the early period of the French Revolution.

Marie Antionette blamed him for his support of the Revolution and did not regret his resignation in 1790.

Marie Antionette even went as far as exiling the Duke of Orleans, who was accused by the queen of fomenting trouble.

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Marie Antionette had joined the Third Estate and was not against the monarchy, but wanted to reconcile it with the Revolution.

Marie Antionette wanted to be a minister and was not immune to corruption.

Fersen and Breteuil, who represented her in the courts of Europe, were put in charge of the escape plan, while Marie Antionette Antoinette continued her negotiations with some of the moderate leaders of the French Revolution.

Marie Antionette's health began to deteriorate, thus further reducing her physical activities.

Marie Antionette Antoinette continued to hope that the military coalition of European kingdoms would succeed in crushing the Revolution.

Marie Antionette counted most on the support of her Austrian family.

At this point, the tide against royal authority intensified in the population and political parties, while Marie Antionette Antoinette encouraged the king to veto the new laws voted by the Legislative Assembly in 1792.

Marie Antionette's head was affixed on a pike and paraded through the city to the Temple for the Queen to see.

Marie Antionette Antoinette was prevented from seeing it, but fainted upon learning of it.

Marie Antionette was found guilty by the Convention, led by the Jacobins who rejected the idea of keeping him as a hostage.

Marie Antionette still hoped her son Louis-Charles, whom the exiled Comte de Provence, Louis XVI's brother, had recognized as Louis XVI's successor, would one day rule France.

Strict security measures were taken to assure that Marie Antionette Antoinette was not able to communicate with the outside world.

Until her removal from the Temple, Marie Antionette Antoinette spent hours trying to catch a glimpse of her son, who, within weeks, had been made to turn against her, accusing his mother of wrongdoing.

Marie Antionette was attended by Rosalie Lamorliere, who took care of her as much as she could.

Marie Antionette's will was part of the collection of papers of Robespierre found under his bed and was published by Edme-Bonaventure Courtois.

Marie Antionette wanted to wear a black dress but was forced to wear a plain white dress, white being the color worn by widowed queens of France.

Marie Antionette's hair was shorn, her hands bound painfully behind her back and she was put on a rope leash.

Marie Antionette maintained her composure, despite the insults of the jeering crowd.

Marie Antionette sat by her in the cart, but she ignored him all the way to the scaffold as he had pledged his allegiance to the republic.

Marie Antionette's body was thrown into an unmarked grave in the Madeleine cemetery, located close by in rue d'Anjou.

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Marie Antionette quickly suspended protections of reformers and intellectuals in Naples, allowed Neapolitan bishops wide latitude to halt the secularization of the country, and offered succor to the overflowing number of emigres fleeing from revolutionary France, many of whom were granted pensions.

Many revolutionary figures, Marie Antionette Antoinette was the symbol of what was wrong with the old regime in France.

Marie Antionette Antoinette is known for her taste for fine things, and her commissions from famous craftsmen, such as Jean-Henri Riesener, suggest more about her enduring legacy as a woman of taste and patronage.

Long after her death, Marie Antionette Antoinette remains a major historical figure linked with conservatism, the Catholic Church, wealth and fashion.

Marie Antionette has been the subject of a number of books, films, and other media.

Marie Antionette's life has been the subject of many films, such as Marie Antoinette and Marie Antoinette.