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Marie Antoinette - Paper

Marie Antoinette

was the wife of King Louis XVI of France. She was born in
1755 in France and was the daughter of the Great Emperor Francis I and Maria
Theresa of Austria. Because here parents came from two countries at war with
each other, their marriage formed a peace treaty. Marie was very spoiled and
grew up with an extravagant lifestyle. She herself became the wife of the
next heir to the French throne to further keep the peace. The heir was Louis
XVI, who was a very dull and unsociable person. She was the opposite. She was
beautiful, vivacious and bent on pleasure. She became very insensitive to the
plight of poor people. When she was queen, her spending only aggravated the
difficult ...

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XV died, and his son Louis XVI became the true King. People
were dying of starvation and most of the people were blaming it on the Queen
Mari Antquonette. On Oct, 5 during the French revolution, thousands of people
marched from Paris to Versailles (The Palace) to present there food demands to
the king. They some how forced the royal family to come with them back to Paris.

After spending months in the Parisian Palace as prisoners, the Queen and
King tried to escape to the eastern border. Unfortunately, they did not make it.
They were recognized and forced back. On August 10, 1972, revolutionaries
stormed the Palace of Tuileries and killed all of the Swiss Guards. The Royal
family was imprisoned. On September 22, France was proclaimed a republic and on
October 14, Louis XVI was beheaded and on Jan 21, The queen was sentenced to
Treason and became a victim to the Guillotine.

Marie Antoinette is very famous, but not for any good deeds. She is well
known for her ...

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Added: 8/27/2005 02:41:04 PM
Category: Biographies
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