“I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.”

About Marie Antoinette

Queen • Austrian

Born an Archduchess of Austria, Marie Antoinette became Dauphine of France in 1770 upon her marriage to the future Louis XVI. She ascended to the throne as Queen of France and Navarre in 1774, where her lavish lifestyle...