Marie Antionette

By Lainey 

    Hello, I am going to be talking to you about Marie Antoinette. I put a lot of work and effort into this research on Marie. I hope you enjoy it. 

    Marie was a French queen who started a revolution and had 8 kids. She also got killed at an incredibly young age. 

Her early life went a little like this; 

    Marie was born on November 2 ,1755, in Vienna Austria. She was her parent's favorite daughter. She got married the French prince [crown prince] in 1770. She got married at an incredibly early age of 14. Less than 20 years after she became queen she got killed. Life bored her, so she entertained herself with balls. The French people chopped off her head. Her oldest son died when the revolution started.  Marie Antoinette was the beautiful queen of France.  

    Her plotting helped undermine the monarchy. The young queen was lively and extravagant. The stiff format of court life bored her. So, she embarrassed herself with such pleasure as fancy balls, theatricals, and gambling. 

    Marie lacked a good education and cared little for serious affairs. She did not hesitate to urge the dismissal of the able ministers of France whose efforts to reduce royal spending threatened and her pleasures. Louis xvi gave her the chateau called the petit tradition, where the queen and her friends embarrassed themselves. Marie became very unpopular and had been blamed for the corruption of the French court. 

 She lavished money on court favorites and paid no attend Chén to Frances fiscal crisis. Vicious stories  

Isser Woloch, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University  

Why I picked this person is because I think she is interesting, and I think everyone should know her story. I hope you liked it.  

That is all folks!! 😊