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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793

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Marie Antoinette (b. Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, Nov. 2 1755, Vienna, Austria–d. Oct. 16, 1793, Paris, France) was the last queen of France. The daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, her parents and King Louis XV of France arranged a marrage between her and his grandson, Louis-Auguste, later Louis XVI. They were married May 16, 1770 at Versailles; Marie Antoinette became queen in 1774. Known for her oppulance and lavish spending, she was convicted of high treason during French Revolution and executed on Oct. 16, 1793

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referencedIn	[Collection of documents and prints relating to Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville].	Yale University Library
creatorOf	Adelaide de France, Mme., 1732-1800. Marriage contract of Hercule Philippe Estienne, comte de Baschi et du Cayla, and Elizabeth Suzanne de Jaucourt : Versailles, 1772 Sept. 8.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn	Album, [ca. 1830-1855].	Winterthur Library
referencedIn	Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d', 1778-1851. Marriage contract of Jacques Louis Law, Baron de Capernou and Louise Yvon, 1791 Jan. 12.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn	Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d', 1778-1851. Mémoire écrit par Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France : sur la captivité des princes et princesses ses parents, depuis le 10 aout 1792 jusqu'à la mort de son frère, arrivée le 9 juin 1795 : contemporary manuscript copy, incomplete, undated.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf	Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666. Four centuries of French history, 1494-1873.	Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn	Autograph File, M	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. French Revolution manuscript collection, 1668-1868 (bulk 1788-1815).	Cornell University Library
referencedIn	Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. Superbe fête donnée par la Reine aux Thuileries et aux Champs Elisées, 1790 July 25.	Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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referencedIn	Enchanters of Men, With Twenty-Four Illustrations
referencedIn	Extraordinary Women: Their Girlhood and Early Life.
referencedIn	Fair Women at Fontainebleau.
referencedIn	Heroic Women of History: Comprising Some of the Most Remarkable Examples of Female Courage, Disinterestedness, Devotion, and Self-Sacrifice of Ancient and Modern Times.
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referencedIn	Notable Women in History: The Lives of Women Who in All Ages, All Lands and in All Womanly Occupations Have Won Fame and Put Their Imprint on the World's History.
referencedIn	Princesses, Ladies, and Republicaines of the Terror.
referencedIn	The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: Containing Biographical, Historical, and Revolutionary Sketches, Characters, and Anecdotes/by the Author of "The Revolutionary Plutarch" and "Memoirs of Talleyrand."
referencedIn	The Girls' Book of Famous Queens.
referencedIn	The Heroines of History.

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associatedWith	Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d', 1778-1851.
associatedWith	Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797.
associatedWith	Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958,
associatedWith	Bezassier, J. D.
associatedWith	Bliss, Susan Dwight, collector
associatedWith	Bliss, Susan Dwight, collector
associatedWith	Bliss, Susan Dwight, collector
associatedWith	Boswell, James, 1740-1795
associatedWith	Boswell, James, 1740-1795
associatedWith	Brown, Francis C. (Francis Cabell), 1936-