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'''Marie Antoinette''' was born November 2, 1755 in [[Austria]] and beheaded in Paris October 16, 1793.  She was the notoriously extravagant Queen of France.
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'''Marie Antoinette''' was born November 2, 1755 in [[Austria]] and beheaded in Paris October 16, 1793.  She was the notoriously extravagant Queen of France, married to King [[Louis XVI]]
    
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.
 
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.
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Some critics have called her an enemy of reform.{{fact}}
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Critics have called her an enemy of reform and that she helped to provoke the popular unrest that led to the [[French Revolution]] and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792.  
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.
 
She was executed by [[guillotine]] in 1793 by the [[Jacobons]] on the charge of treason, after discovery she had conspired with foreign enemies.
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