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Marie Antoinette, born (ready for this?) archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg- Lorraine, grew up in Austria with twelve brothers and sisters. Her mother was Maria Theresa, the Empress of Austria, and her father was the Holy Roman Emperor. When she was just fourteen years old she left her home to marry the Dauphin of France, destined to be the future Queen of France.
She left all of her possessions to move to France (yes even her pup!) where she would live the rest of her life. Marie Antoinette's life as queen was brief and ended with the French Revolution. She is best known for her role as a carefree, profligate young Queen, her influence on fashion, her relationships with members of the aristocracy and the famous phrase "let them eat cake" which she never actually said!

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“Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder. In Hardman’s telling she is neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics.”—Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books

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