Marie Antoinette Quotes


We had a beautiful dream and that was all. The interest of my son is the only guide I have, and whatever happiness I could achieve by being free of this place I cannot consent to separate my self from him. I could not have any pleasure in the world if I abandoned my children. I do not even have any regrets.


Citations

Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette: The Journey. Anchor Books, 2002, p. 355.

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Marie Antoinette
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.