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Question: What are some interesting facts about Marie Antoinette!?
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--One year, she ordered about 90 dresses from a dressmaker
--Her last words: "I'm sorry, I did not mean to do it," and when she was executed, she was wearing purple shoes
--She was 15 when she got married
--Nickname was "Madame Deficit" because of the riches squandered upon her parties and her opulent rooms at Versailles
--When the King died (meaning that Marie Antoinette and her husband would be the King and Queen), they said, 'Protect us, Lord, for we reign too young!.'
--Her favorite composers included Gluck, Piccini, Salieri, and Sacchini
--She put on a play in her own theater--Beaumarchais's The Marriage of Figaro--even though it was was censored by the KingWww@QuestionHome@Com

Marie Antoinette has been given a bad and incorrect portrayal in history!. Yes, she did like to spend money, however what is not often shown is that her and Louis cut many corners at Versailles to save money and to prevent more money being used for extraneous items!. She fired staff that was useless, but there due to tradition!. She cut down the ability of many nobles at Versailles to use the government money for their own apartments and care!. Her saying "Let them eat cake" is complete false!. It was created as propaganda against her and the royal family!. The problems that led to unrest that then in turn led to the revolution began in Louis the XIV's time (the grandfather of her husband)!. Louis and Marie however, did not do enough to fix the problems of France which then led to her execution!.

She was also a stylista!. She enjoyed pushing the boundaries of fashion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Marie Antoinette was engaged to Louis XVI after an outbreak of small pox left one of her older sisters dead and another scarred for life and unmarriagable!.

Antoine was married by proxy on April 19, 1770, in the Church of the Augustine Friars; her brother Ferdinand stood in as the bridegroom!. She was also officially restyled as Marie Antoinette, Dauphin of France!.

At first she was also widely commemorated for her acts of charity; in one incident, she personally attended to a dying man and arranged for his family to receive an income in his wake, and another she took a homeless child, and arranged a home for him!.

In 1783, by Mme Vigée-Lebrun painted the famous "Muslim Portrait" that offended the french court because muslim wasn't considered a proper material for the Queen to wear!. Later that same year Mme Vigée-Lebrun painted the nearly identical "Marie Antoinette à la Rose" which is nearly exactly the same except for Marie's more elaborate dress, hair and hat!.
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Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis weren't able to have sex for 7 years after getting married!. King Louis was unable to "function" properly in bed until he got an operation!.

She adopted 3 poor children and raised them as her own!.

She didn't say "Let them have cake"

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She was from austria
her real name isn't marie antoinette
she didn't actually say let them eat cake-yet something like that
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She had a fabulous jewelry collection!. She was also one of the best educated women of her time!.
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She got beheaded lol!. And was the result of the French Revolution because she used the town's money for her own self (ex!. clothes, gifts, etc!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com