Research
Research and Life Events
- Nov 2, 1755: Born to Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I in Vienna, Austria
- May 16, 1770: Marriage to Louis XVI creates an alliance between Austria and France
- May, 7 1770: Officially handed over to her French relations
- 1770 to 1774: Dauphine of France
- Was at first very popular with French people
- May 10, 1774: Louis XV dies from smallpox
- June 11, 1774: Louis XVI is coronated, making him King of France and Marie Antoinette Queen of France
- July 9, 1786: A second daughter, Sophie Hélène Béatrice de France, was born, but died on 19 June 1987
- 1787: "Diamond Necklace Affair" occurs, making Marie extremely unpopular
- 1789: French Revolution begins
- January 21, 1793: Louis XVI is executed
- September 21, 1792: Marie Antoinette is executed
Interviews and Quotes
- “No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother.”
- “I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.”
- “Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?”
- “I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.”
- “Monsieur, I ask your pardon. I did not do it on purpose.” (Marie’s final words to her executioner for stepping on his foot.)
- “If I have not replied it is because Nature itself refuses to answer such a charge laid against a mother.”