1. Marie Antoinette
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2. Marie Antoinette’s Family
 Mother (Maria Theresa) the only female
ruler of the Habsburg dominions
 Father (Francis Stephen) was the holy
Roman Emperor
 Maria Theresa gave birth to 15 children

3. Marie Antoinette
 Born November 2nd, 1755 –
Vienna, Austria
 She was the youngest daughter of 15
children
 Growing up, she believed that she would
be queen of France
 She was an extremely carefree child

4. Marie Antoinette’s Early life
 She was a very talented child
 She loved to sing French songs
 She played the harp as well as many
instruments
 Her education was poor,
 Her teachers would finish the work out
of fear of losing their positions.

5. Marriage to Louis( Emperor of
France)
 She was handed over to the French on
7 may 1770
 She married Louis-Auguste on 16th of
may 1170

6. The Start Of The Queen Of
France
 After the marriage to Louis she became
the Empress of France
 Her main job was to give birth to a male
child to continue her husband’s royal line
 And strengthen France’s alliance with
Austria.
 She became Queen when her father
died of small pox

7. Life As The Queen Of France
 She became aggressively social
 She liked to attend opera’s and dances
 gambling and partying late in the
capital,
 She was always seen in the most
expensive fashions
 She had “secret lovers”

8. Motherhood
 Marie Antoinette gave birth to 4 children
 Marie Therese Charlotte in 1778
 Louis Joseph in 1781
 Louis Charles in 1785
 Sophie Beatrice born on 9 July 1786

9. Politics
 During the death of her second daughter Sophie
Beatrice on 19 June 1787 the financial situation in
France was down.
 Marie Antoinette decided to become involved in
politics.

10. The Frence Revolution
 The situation became violent as the
National Assembly demanded more
rights.
 Paris became worse due to a bread
shortage in September
 During this time there were many plots
designed for royal family to escape
 the queen rejected to leave
 she would not leave without the king

11. Trial
 The trial of the king in court began on 21
September
 he was charged with undermining the French
Republic
 A month later found guilty and executed 21
January 1793
 After the death of her husband she refused to eat
and fell in a deep depression
 On 1 August, she was taken out of the tower as a
prisoner

12. Death Of Marie Antoinette
 Marie Antoinette died in Paris, France in
1793.
 The queen was then separated from her
kids.
 She was executed on Oct. 16,1793