Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the most beautiful, of sixteen children, born to Francis I, and Maria Theresa, empress of Austria. Maria Antonia arrived on November second 1765 in Vienna Austria. As a child she was brought up believing that she was destined to become the queen of France and even became known as the Dauphine. As told by Carolly Erickson Maria Antonia, soon to be known as Marie Antoinette, was one of the most misunderstood monarchs of her time. Marie had three faults in her life, but none as cruel as the people of France behaved towards her. When King Louis XVI (House of Bourbon) was crowned Marie Antoinette was sent to be married to him. It was believed that this marriage would secure ties between France and Austria. At the age of fourteen Marie was sent to be a bride to the fifteen-year-old king. The French people were not happy with the idea of an Austrian Queen. Innocently Marie Antoinette loved those who were close to her, mainly her Austrian friends. The French people noticed her kindness towards her friends and from then on decided to use her as a scapegoat for the problems of France. France at the time was very supportive of their nobles and placed all of their attention them. The lower cl
The most famous of scandal's said to take place was that of the "diamond necklace". According to Carolly Erickson, in the book To the Scaffold Marie Antoinette, the scandal was made up as a way to further show the hate for the French queen and eventually bring her to an end. On the other side J. Huissman in the book Marie Antoinette, believes that she brought herself to her own fate. She believes that Marie deserved the titles of "the Austrian Whore" and "Mme Deficit", for the countless men she entertained and the money she spent that she did not have to spend. J. Huissman believes that Marie herself confesses to living a despicable life. Erickson suggests that although Marie may have admitted to living a despicable life there was no evidence that she actually had taken place in such affairs. Marie Antoinette had three major faults in her life. She married young and lacked maturity, therefore led a frivolous lifestyle, causing the French to dislike her. When she matured she saw the problems in France. She sent for help from outside of the country, causing the French to distrust her, hence her second fault. Her third mistake was that she loved her children too much leave them causing their coach to be noticed immediately, and therefore causing the capture of her family. As the country needed someone to blame for it's outrage they chose the Austrian(the outsider), and turned against her causing her death. Marie was nothing but a growing woman trying to assist in ruling a country. She shows love and compassion, for her country, her husband, and her children. In December of 1797 Louis was put on trial where he was found guilty of treason and was sentenced to the guillotine on Jan. 21 1793. After the death of Louis XVI, his brother declared the son of Louis XVII king. Marie Antoinette although in prison acknowledged that her son was king. The guards resented this and had them separated. In 1792 the institution of royalty was officially abolished. In October of 1793 Marie was taken to court and told that she mislead Louis into treachery. She was appointed council, who had less than two days to prepare for the trial. When accus
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