Learn about the story of Marie Antoinette, the queen who died on the guillotine

María Antonia Josefa Juana de Habsburgo-Lorena, better known simply as Maria Antonieta de Asustria, was Princess Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France and Navarre. Born on November 2, 1755 in Vienna, she married Louis XVI, the future King of France, at the early age of 15, both families agreed to the union of the spouses, although the French Court never accepted the marriage. Marie Antoinette never came to be accepted by the French people as they considered her to be a wasteful and that she influenced her husband’s decisions to make him act in favor of Austria. It is said that her tailors made about 300 dresses for her each year with fabrics of the best quality and an inordinate amount of shoes was spent. Historians estimate that her dressing room at Versailles was worth the equivalent of six million euros. In addition, Marie Antoinette ordered the creation of “Le Petit Hameau de la Reine”, a small village that functioned as a farm. In it there was a farm, a dovecote, a farmer, a tower, a mill, the Queen’s House and a cabin for the guard.Biography of Marie Antoinette On May 16, 1770 she married Louis XVI, and on June 11 from 1775 he was crowned king at Reims. In 1785 the French monarchy began to collapse due to an incident involving a very valuable necklace. Marie Antoinette wanted it, so Cardinal Louis de Rohan agreed to make it exclusively for her. But, when he arrived at Versailles with him, it did not end up in the hands of the queen, but the Countess de La Motte, who fled Paris with the loot. This was the last straw and the town exploded over the situation. so precarious in which he lived in the face of the opulence of the royal family.This is how the French Revolution began, and the kings had to flee from Versailles. However, when they reached Varennes they recognized them, and proceeded with their arrest. Meanwhile, the people broke into Versailles and completely looted the palace, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were locked up in the Temple Tower. On January 21, 1793, he was guillotined. She suffered the same fate, and after being convicted of treason, she died beheaded on October 16 of that same year.