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Line 1: − '''Marie Antoinette''' was born November 2, 1755 in [[Austria]] and beheaded in Paris October 16, 1793. She was the notoriously exytravagent Queen of France. + − − She was sent by her parents to be the bride of [[King]] [[Louis XVI]] of [[France]] (see [[arranged marriage]]), in hopes of healing the rift between the two countries. − − Some critics have called her an enemy of reform.{{fact}} − Some critics say that she helped to provoke the popular unrest that led to the [[French Revolution]]{{fact}} and to the overthrow of the [[monarchy]] in August 1792. − − She was executed by [[guillotine]] in 1793 by the [[Jacobons]] on the charge of treason, after discovery she had conspired with foreign enemies. − ==Bibliography== − * Doyle, William. "The Execution of Louis XVI and the End of the French Monarchy." ''History Review.'' (2000) pp 21+ [http://www.questia.com/read/5001205429 online edition] − * Hardman, John. ''Louis XVI: The Silent King'' (1994) 224 pages, a standard scholarly biography − * Padover, Saul K. ''The Life and Death of Louis XVI'' (1939) [http://www.questia.com/read/3921322 online edition] − * Price, Munro. ''The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy'' (2004) 425 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Road-Versailles-Antoinette-French-Monarchy/dp/0312326130/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204094811&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]; also published as ''The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Baron de Breteuil.'' (2002) − * Schama, Simon. ''Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution'' (1989), highly readable narrative by scholar [http://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Simon-Schama/dp/0141017279/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197705186&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − − ===Primary sources=== − * Marie Antoinette. ''Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Wife of Louis XVI: Queen of France'' (1910) [http://books.google.com/books?id=hl1EAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:louis+intitle:xvi&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=TvzER5nAIYjysgPdx9WhCA complete edition online] − − − [[Category:French Monarchs]] − [[Category:French Revolution]] − − − − − − {{DEFAULTSORT: Antoinette, Marie}} − − [[Category:French People]] − [[Category:French Revolution]]
Hisashiburi
A silly queen who was stoopid and got decapitated, like TK was!