Marie Antoinette Quotes


Le Ambassador Electrique


Context

The electricity reference came from the recognition of Franklin's early lighting and electricity experiments.


Citations

Marie Antoinette, 1755-1793, Queen of France & wife of Louis XVI, Nickname she bestowed on the then U. S. Minister to France, Benjamin Franklin

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Marie Antoinette
  • Born: November 2, 1755
  • Died: October 16, 1793
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Royalty

Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen.