Marie Antoinette has been the subject of much speculation and interest since her death, particularly her (fictional) admonition to the starving masses in Paris: "Let them eat cake."

1. Born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria
2. Married at 14
3. Birth name: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen
4. Marriage to Louis XVI was not consummated for 7 years
5. Had 4 children
6. Body thrown in a mass grave
7. 20 years later, her body was exhumed and buried in the crypt of St. Denis Basilica

After her father's death in 1765, Antoine's brother became Austria's Emperor Joseph II. The family, soon after, was routed by an outbreak of smallpox. This left the 12-year-old Antoine as the most eligible of the family's daughters. On April 19, 1770, she was married by proxy to then Louis-Auguste of France, her second cousin. She was handed over officially to the French in on May 7 of that year.

Marie Antoinette's husband was crowned Louis XVI of France on June 11, 1775. Fears about Austrian influence in French politics kept her from participating in any significant way in any kind of official or genuine decision-making.

Marie Antoinette's daughter [[Marie Thérèse Charlotte]] was born on December 19, 1778. There were questions at the time about the paternity of the child, but Louis XVI never contested that the daughter was his own. Her second child, a son and the new heir to the French throne, was born on October 22, 1781.

Marie Antoinette entered a deep depression after her husband was executed on January 21, 1793, and never again attempted to escape her fate. She was put on trial on October 14 and charged with a variety of crimes, including the sexual abuse of her son. She was executed two days later.