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This essay is about how Marie Antoinette's life was affected by the French Revolution. The essay revolves around her early life, her life as Queen of France, and how she was treated during her final days.
Born on November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria, Marie Antonia was the most beautiful daughter to the Emperor and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Being the youngest, Marie was raised believing that her destiny was to become queen of France. Marie grew up in a highly moral environment. Her parents, unlike most couples of the period, had married for love and enjoyed family life. Nevertheless, Maria Theresa placed her daughter under the care of a governess who spoiled and cared for Marie's every wimp. Marie had little education; she spend her time playing and amusing herself with music. Marie Antonia grew up surrounded by her mother's court's formality but also her family's private causality. She was very close to her father and was crushed when he died of a stroke in 1765. Her mother then.....
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