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Marie Antoinette

1755 - 1793

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Marie Antoinette (; French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the wife of Louis XVI. Born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, she was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She married Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France, in May 1770 at age 14, becoming the Dauphine of France. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, and she became queen. As queen, Marie Antoinette became increasingly a target of criticism by opponents of the domestic and foreign policies of Louis XVI and those opposed to the monarchy in general. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Antoinette is the 6th most popular nobleman (down from 1st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Austria (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Nobleman.

Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the eighteenth century. She is most famous for her extravagant lifestyle and for being guillotined in 1793.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Marie Antoinette ranks 6 out of 1,415. Before her are Henry VIII of England, Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth II, Edward VII, and Lady Jane Grey. After her are Margrethe II of Denmark, Ramesses II, Catherine the Great, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Albert, Prince Consort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Marie Antoinette ranks 1. After her are Louis XVIII of France, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Paul Barras, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, and Anthony of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1793, Marie Antoinette ranks 2. Before her is Louis XVI of France. After her are Madame du Barry, Jean-Paul Marat, Carlo Goldoni, Charlotte Corday, Olympe de Gouges, John Michell, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Madame Roland.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Marie Antoinette ranks 7 out of 1,424. Before her are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Adolf Hitler (1889), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), and Maria Theresa (1717). After her are Franz Liszt (1811), Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), and Stefan Zweig (1881).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Austria

Among noblemen born in Austria, Marie Antoinette ranks 1. After her are Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Mariana of Austria (1634), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427), Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein (1869), and Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882).

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