Marie Antoinette
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2 days ago · Discover this medieval royal palace that became a revolutionary court and Marie-Antoinette's prison. Read the history of the monument.
5 days ago · Visiting the Gallery of Coaches in the Great Stables unveils the greatest royal construction project for housing horses ever undertaken. Majestic coaches and small carriages for Marie-Antoinette's children, sedan chairs and sleds make up a strange and wonderful collection.
3 days ago · Some episodes tackle a broad subject — the history of coffee, say, or the surrealist movement — while others focus on a historical figure like Marie Antoinette, or a consequential day in ...
4 days ago · In the twilight of 18th century France, a scandal erupted that forever tarnished Queen Marie Antoinette's reputation. Known as the Diamond Necklace Affair, t...
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3 days ago · In All This as I Stand By, Van Der Meer continues her portrayal of the lives of women, both from her perspective as she journeys through ageing, cancer treatments, and other medical procedures, and speaking through the personas of historical women such as Marie Antoinette, the Brönte sisters and Bridget Boland, a 19th-century murder victim, whose husband claimed he had killed a changeling left by fairies, rather than his actual flesh-and-blood wife.
3 days ago · Marie Antoinette, born in 1755 as the Archduchess of Austria, ascended to the French throne as Queen consort in 1774 upon her marriage to Louis XVI. Her reign was defined by extravagance, marked by opulent fashions, her cherished Petit Trianon retreat, and a significant patronage of the arts, which left an indelible mark on 18th-century France.
4 days ago · Definitions of Marie Antoinette. noun. queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) see more.
