From which country and family did Marie Antoinette come?
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from Austria (Habsburg)
She was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa.
💡 Did you know? The marriage was meant to ally France and Austria.
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At whose side did Marie Antoinette become Queen of France?
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Louis XVI
At fourteen she came to the French court.
💡 Did you know? The couple had four children.
Which (unproven) saying is attributed to Marie Antoinette?
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“Let them eat cake”
Historians are sure she never said it.
💡 Did you know? The French original is “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche”: brioche, then, not cake. Rousseau recorded the line while she was still a child.
Which scandal badly damaged Marie Antoinette’s reputation?
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the Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Fraudsters used her name: but the public believed in her extravagance.
💡 Did you know? The affair further undermined the monarchy’s standing.
What mocking nickname did Marie Antoinette get for her spending?
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„Madame Deficit“
Her pleasures were blamed for the empty state coffers.
💡 Did you know? In truth the debts were far older than her court.
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