Mary Antoinette
“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” (Let them eat cake.) You might have heard of this phrase supposedly said by Marie Antoinette, but of course nobody knows for sure. She might have said this when the french had no bread, but cake was a big expense so she was making fun of them. What exactly made the French Revolution happen? Well Marie Antoinette was one of those people who really started the revolution, but i'm afraid on the bad side.
Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess who moved to france to marry Louis XVI. Their goal was to unite France and Austria. In 1770 they got married, at age 15 and 16. At 19 years old Marie became Queen of France, but she could not get used to live in France and suffered homesickness. When they had not produced an heir after seven years, Marie Antoinette's mum sent Marie's brother to give her marriage counseling. It worked because later she gave birth to a daughter. On July 14, 1789 , the french lower class attacked the Bastille Prison herby signaling the beginning of the French Revolution. Later on that year Parisian woman stormed the Palace of Versailles and forced Marie and her husband to move to Tuileries(paris), Marie did most of the meeting with advisors here and trying to bring her husband back …show more content…
King Louis was charged for treason and was executed on the guillotine in 1793. Marie Antoinette too was put on trial later that year. Her charges were treason and theft and the false rumor of committing sexual abuse against her son. A jury of all males found her guilty and she too was executed on the guillotine. Right before she was executed the priest told her to have courage but she said, "Courage? The moment when my ills are going to end is not the moment when courage is going to fail me.” Even though she was a queen the people hated her so much that they placed her in an unmarked grave. Later another king exhumed her and gave her a proper
“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” (Let them eat cake.) You might have heard of this phrase supposedly said by Marie Antoinette, but of course nobody knows for sure. She might have said this when the french had no bread, but cake was a big expense so she was making fun of them. What exactly made the French Revolution happen? Well Marie Antoinette was one of those people who really started the revolution, but i'm afraid on the bad side.
Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess who moved to france to marry Louis XVI. Their goal was to unite France and Austria. In 1770 they got married, at age 15 and 16. At 19 years old Marie became Queen of France, but she could not get used to live in France and suffered homesickness. When they had not produced an heir after seven years, Marie Antoinette's mum sent Marie's brother to give her marriage counseling. It worked because later she gave birth to a daughter. On July 14, 1789 , the french lower class attacked the Bastille Prison herby signaling the beginning of the French Revolution. Later on that year Parisian woman stormed the Palace of Versailles and forced Marie and her husband to move to Tuileries(paris), Marie did most of the meeting with advisors here and trying to bring her husband back …show more content…
King Louis was charged for treason and was executed on the guillotine in 1793. Marie Antoinette too was put on trial later that year. Her charges were treason and theft and the false rumor of committing sexual abuse against her son. A jury of all males found her guilty and she too was executed on the guillotine. Right before she was executed the priest told her to have courage but she said, "Courage? The moment when my ills are going to end is not the moment when courage is going to fail me.” Even though she was a queen the people hated her so much that they placed her in an unmarked grave. Later another king exhumed her and gave her a proper