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French Revolutionary Marie Antoinette
May 21st, 2006
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Question: What was Austria's response/reaction to the French Revolution and the murder of Marie Antoinette?
I've read a lot on Marie Antoinette and the life of Versailles in the pre-Revolutionary period, but never encountered anything on Austria's reaction to the beheading of one of their princesses.
Thanks to anyone who answers 
Answer: As early as 1791 Austria had formed a coalition with Prussia, Russia, and Sweden to restore Louis XVI to the French throne.
By the time of Marie's execution in October1793, Austria had already been at war with France for 18 months,so other than to continue to prosecute the war vigorously, there was no real further response Austria could make.
Unfortunately for the Austrians, who were close to victory in the Summer of 1793, a combination of a levee en masse called by the Directory government in France and the organizational ability of Carnot to turn the resulting armed mobs into effective battle soldiers meant the French became everywhere victorious so, for the time being at least, there was to be no revenge for Austria.
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Execution Of Queen Marie Antoinette
May 17th, 2006
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Dussek (Dusik): The Sufferings of The Queen of France op. 23
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