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Stefan Zweig wrote that "The masses of the people regarded" her "as their... adversary... Louis XVI counted for nothing" |
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YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? |
2026-01-13 |
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I never said, "Let them eat cake"--but even if I had, I was beheaded in 1793, so what more do you people want from me? |
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HISTORICAL RUMORS QUASHED |
2025-01-15 |
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Before a revolutionary tribunal in October 1793, this queen was convicted of treason |
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OCTOBER IN HISTORY |
2024-10-14 |
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Known for her lavish spending sprees, this wife of Louis XVI must've lost her head after being nicknamed "Madame Deficit" |
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OUI, OUI, HISTORY |
2023-09-27 |
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A 1785 scandal called the Affair of the Diamond Necklace unjustly discredited this queen; a few years later, she was executed |
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A LITTLE HISTORY |
2022-09-15 |
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Well, that takes the cake! In 1793 this queen was put in solitary confinement at the Conciergerie |
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NON-AMERICAN HISTORY |
2020-04-15 |
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Blamed for France's near bankruptcy, this 18th century queen came to be called "Madame Deficit" |
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18th CENTURY NICKNAMES |
2019-03-21 |
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"Madame Veto":This queen during whose reign France's upper classes resisted reform |
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HISTORICAL NICKNAMES |
2018-03-14 |
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In 1791 this queen thought a disguise would work in fleeing Paris (it didn't. Also her husband's face was on the coins) |
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IT'S HISTORICALARRESTED DEVELOPMENT |
2018-01-02 |
#7667 |
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Worn in the 1870s, a full sleeve tied at intervals was named for this wife of Louis XVI |
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FASHION HISTORY |
2014-04-28 |
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Lavish spending & an extravagant lifestyle led her countrymen to call this 18th c. French queen "Madame Deficit" |
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
2013-04-15 |
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On the morning of her 1793 execution, she wrote, "I am calm, as one always is when one's conscience is clear" |
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HISTORIC LETTERS |
2012-02-24 |
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In 1791 she asked her brother Leopold II to mount a counter-revolutionary crusade against France; he said no |
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AUSTRIAN HISTORY |
2010-12-08 |
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As people were starving, this queen consort to Louis XVI reportedly said, "Let them eat cake" |
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HISTORIC TWITS |
2009-11-12 |
#5789 |
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The Royal Austrian/French Connection; The Ace of Cakes; Ol' Headless |
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HISTORIC FIGURES' MADE-UP NICKNAMES |
2009-01-16 |
#5610 |
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She plotted against the French Revolution & gave military secrets to her brother Leopold II |
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
2008-06-03 |
#5477 |
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The French people called this queen who they mistrusted "the Austrian Woman" |
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
2007-05-11 |
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She'd never sold herself for a piece of jewelry to a Cardinal in 1785! Never for less than 5! She was queen! |
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HISTORY A LA HARLEQUIN |
2007-01-30 |
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In 1793 this French queen was tried & executed, charged with giving military secrets to her brother Emperor Leopold II |
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HISTORICAL MEN & WOMEN |
2006-10-23 |
#5086 |
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June 20, 1791. She and Louis fled in the night. But a man recognized Louis, whose face was literally on the money |
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ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK |
2005-10-18 |
#4852 |
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She plotted against the French Revolution & gave military secrets to her brother Leopold II of Austria |
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HISTORY |
2000-11-08 |
#3723 |
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Some say this queen of France lost her head over a handsome Swede before she really lost her head in 1793 |
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FUN COUPLES IN HISTORY |
1999-05-21 |
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This French queen led a fashion revolution in 1783 by wearing a strikingly simple white muslin dress |
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FASHION HISTORY |
1996-10-03 |
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The 1785-86 Scandal of the Diamond Necklace was disastrous for the popularity of this wife of Louis XVI |
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HISTORY |
1995-03-24 |
#2440 |
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Her spouse Louis XVI lost his head almost 10 months before she did |
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HISTORIC COUPLES |
1993-06-04 |
#2030 |
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The revolutionists called her "the Widow Capet" |
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
1992-10-22 |
#1869 |
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When Norma Shearer played this queen, John Barrymore played her father-in-law, Louis XV |
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HISTORICAL FILMS |
1990-04-23 |
#1311 |
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She was falsely accused of saying "Let them eat cake" when told the people had no bread |
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FRENCH REVOLUTION |
1985-03-05 |
#127 |