Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution, renowned for her extravagant lifestyle, political influence at court, and eventual execution by guillotine.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Archduchess of Austria
Queen of France
human
queen consort
associatedWith Ancien Régime
birthCountry Archduchy of Austria
birthDate 1755-11-02
birthPlace Hofburg Palace
Vienna
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis
Madeleine Cemetery (original burial)
causeOfDeath execution by guillotine
child Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France
Louis XVII of France
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte
Sophie Hélène Béatrix of France
convictedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
convictedOf treason
coronationDate 1775-06-11
countryOfCitizenship Austria
France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1793-10-16
deathPlace Paris
Place de la Révolution
father Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
fullName Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna
givenName Maria Antonia
Marie Antoinette
house House of Bourbon (by marriage)
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
languageSpoken French
German
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
marriageDate 1770-04-19
mother Maria Theresa
notableEvent Flight to Varennes
French Revolution
Storming of the Tuileries Palace (1792)
Women’s March on Versailles
notableFor extravagant lifestyle at the French court
symbol of aristocratic excess before the French Revolution
notableWork Patronage of the Petit Trianon gardens
portrayedBy Kirsten Dunst
portrayedIn film "Marie Antoinette" (2006)
positionHeld Queen consort of France and Navarre
reignEnd 1792
reignStart 1774
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Palace of Versailles
Tuileries Palace
sibling Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
spouse Louis XVI of France


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