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Marie Antoinette of Austria

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Adult.jpg
Queen of France and Navarre
Tenure 10 May 1774 – 4 September 1791
Queen of the French
Tenure 4 September 1791 – 10 August 1792
Born (1755-11-02)2 November 1755
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died 16 October 1793(1793-10-16) (aged 37)
Place de la Révolution, Paris, France
Burial 21 January 1815
Basilica of St Denis
Spouse Louis XVI of France
Issue
Full name
German: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna
House Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Maria Theresa of Austria
Religion Roman Catholic
Signature
Full name
German: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna

Marie Antoinette (/ˈmæriˌæntwəˈnɛt/, /ˌɑ̃ːntwə-/, /ˌɑ̃ːtwə-/, US /məˈr-/;French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt]; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna (2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793), was the last Queen of France and Navarre before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the fifteenth and second youngest child of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

In April 1770, upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne, she became Dauphine of France. On 10 May 1774, when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, she became Queen of France and Navarre, a title she held until September 1791, when, as the French Revolution proceeded, she became Queen of the French, a title she held until 21 September 1792.


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