Characters from Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Antoinette - This person was a pretty child but was greatly denied a loving relationship with their mother, and from an early age, this person was taught obedience and grace, which proved to be helpful when this person became the queen of France.

Louis - This person was obese and somewhat ungainly king that was eventually executed during the French Revolution.

King Louis XV - This person was a widower and had a consort that creates problems in the court; this person later died from smallpox.

Teresa - This person was the queen...
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