Marie Antoanette

Marija Antoaneta rodila se kao austrijska nadvojvotkinja i petnaesto dijete carice Marije Terezije i cara Franje I. Lotarinškoga. S navršenih četrnaest godina Marija Antoaneta odlazi u Francusku, na dvor Versailles, gdje živi sa suprugom Lujem XVI. Smrću kralja Luja XV. postaje francuska kraljica, a njezin suprug postaje francuski kralj. Kraljica je svojim ponašanjem često izazivala skandale na dvoru i izvan njega. Njihova vladavina obilježena je nezadovoljstvom naroda te sve većim neredima unutar države. Godine 1789. pada Bastilja i započinje Francuska revolucija. Kralj i kraljica ubijeni su na giljotini 1793. Taj događaj označava prekretnicu u dotadašnjoj apsolutističkoj Francuskoj.Marie Antoinette was born an Austrian Archduchess and was the fifteenth child of the Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I of Lorraine. At the age of fourteen, Marie Antoinette went to the castle of Versailles in France, where she lived with her husband Louis XVI When King Louis XV died, she became Queen of France, and her husband King of France. The queen often caused scandals inside and outside the castle with her behaviour. Their reign was marked by discontent among the people and riots within the state. In 1789, the Bastille fell and the French Revolution began. The king and queen were killed by guillotine in 1793. This event marks a turning point what was then an absolutist France