Did Marie Antoinette do anything to help France?

Question:Marie Antoinette was a greatly misunderstood lady who was portrayed as a evil, self indulgent queen who cared nothing for the poor. Not true. Most biographers today say that although unpopular at the Royal Court because she was an Austrian; she also had a silly side to her that enjoyed dressing up as simple shepherdess and putting on theatricals. Marie Antoinette, however, was a caring and compassionate person and was very concerned about the plight of the poor (the false story about "let them eat cake" notwithstanding.) She was a very devout Roman Catholic, loved her family, and even in the end when she was imprisoned and suffered abuse and every humiliation and degradation, she remained dignified and regal. Her friends were devoted to her. In France today she is held in higher regard than the bloodthirsty fanatics who beheaded her, her husband the King, and her children.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Marie Antoinette was a greatly misunderstood lady who was portrayed as a evil, self indulgent queen who cared nothing for the poor. Not true. Most biographers today say that although unpopular at the Royal Court because she was an Austrian; she also had a silly side to her that enjoyed dressing up as simple shepherdess and putting on theatricals. Marie Antoinette, however, was a caring and compassionate person and was very concerned about the plight of the poor (the false story about "let them eat cake" notwithstanding.) She was a very devout Roman Catholic, loved her family, and even in the end when she was imprisoned and suffered abuse and every humiliation and degradation, she remained dignified and regal. Her friends were devoted to her. In France today she is held in higher regard than the bloodthirsty fanatics who beheaded her, her husband the King, and her children.

Yes, she gave it a certain Austrian cache.

nope

Strangely enough, the tougher the situation the more resilient and setermined she became. She was the backbone of the marriage from the time of the storming of the Bastille.

For France, she provided a convinient scapegoat for the excesses of the aristocracy and was one of the catalysts that finally laid to rest the concept of "divine rule".

She let them eat cake