Marie Antoinette

Archive for May, 2006

What Happened To Marie Antoinette's Children after the Execution Of Marie Antoinette?

Son of Marie Antoinette

After the Execution Of Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette's eight-year-old son was placed in solitary confinement. Marie Antoinette's son and died within two years of neglect.

Daughter of Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette's daughter was imprisoned until age sixteen. Daughter of Marie Antoinette then married a cousin and lived another fifty unhappy years.

The French Revolution after the Execution Of Marie Antoinette

Around the time of the Execution Of Marie Antoinette, the French Revolution took thousands of lives and changed the course of world history.

Did Marie Antoinette Cause The French Revolution?

Marie Antoinette was probably one of the most hated women of all time. The name Marie Antoinette was a synonym for royal selfishness. Although Marie Antoinette was not the cause of France's serious troubles and the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette was the most visible scapegoat.

The affair of Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette may have had one affair with a Swedish Noble, but gossip flowed that Marie Antoinette had many affairs. Yet Marie Antoinette almost certainly didn't say her most famous words Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake!" in response to a famine, and the mass hysteria may have been due to Marie Antoinette's position-the fear of women in power has even been termed the Marie Antoinette syndrome.