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Marie Antoinette is probably one of the most remembered yet misunderstood women in history. Her name is not only synonymous with the French Revolution and her infamous saying, "Let them eat cake", but also with selfishness, greed, excessiveness, cold-heartedness and so on (Reid 2). Another aspect that is commonly not associated with Marie Antoinette is that her life was like that of a lot of women in the 18th century. Women, especially those in royalty, were seen more as bargaining tokens than women and marriages were not based on mutual love, respect, and caring, but on some alliance or union (Lewis 1). So is the case with Marie. Even before she started her adolescent life, her life and its course were being dictated by other people and other events beyond her control.
Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1775 as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. Maria Theresa ruled the great Hapsburg Empire from her palace, called Schonbrunn, in Vienna (Chew 23). Marie grew up as the youngest and favorite daughter, and was brought up believing that she would become the queen of France.
In 1770, when she was a mere fifteen years old, Marie’s childhood was cut short when she married Louis XIV, who was only sixteen at the time. The marriage between Louis XIV of France and Marie was an arranged marriage between the two countries which formed the Franco-Austrian alliance, which was not popular with the French people. Four years later, Louis XV, who was Louis’ grandfather and the current King of France, died. So, on May 10, 1774, Marie Antoinette became Queen of France (Reid 3). The coronation took place at the cathedral in Reims and the new king and queen exclaimed, "Protect us, Lord, for we reign too young." She was only 19, he 20 (Reid 3).
When she left Austria for the final time to take her new throne, and entered France, she did not speak any French. From the moment she entered France, she was unpopular and ill...
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