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Marie Antoinette was born November 2, 1755 in Austria and died October 16, 1793. She was queen of King Louis XVI of France.
Some critics have called her an enemy of reform.[Citation Needed] Some critics say that she helped to provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution[Citation Needed] and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. She was executed by guillotine in 1793.