Marie Antoinette
Fourteen year old Archduchesses Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna of Austria, was obligated to marry Louis the Dauphin of France in order to consolidate an alliance between this country and the dynasty of Habsburg. Marie Antoinette did not have the capacity to rule a nation, she had an unhappy marriage and unfortunately as she became queen she had bad reputation and was blamed the government's financial problems, consequently revolutionaries wanted to end the absolute monarchy. When the Revolution broke out in
1789, Marie Antoinette refused to reach an agreement with the revolutionaries and sought help from her brother, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. During the revolution the king and queen tried to flee Paris with their children, but were captured and taken prisoners. The monarchy was overthrown in 1792 and after the execution of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette was separated from her children and sent before the Revolutionary Court, where she was accused her of treason and sentenced to death. She was guillotined on October 16, 1793 in
Paris. Marie Antoinette is known to be the last queen of France. To the French Marie Antoinette was not a ruler they could rely on due to her not knowing anything about the people that lived in France. The queen, not having the favor of the French as a foreigner, made it a struggle to rule the country .The young queen would constantly receive letters from her mother Maria Theresa, pressuring her to become an excellent queen to the French. Unfortunately Marie Antoinette was very young and was not ready to be queen, she never had responsibilities or power. Her lack of care, disappointed the French resulting in revolts. The French thought Marie
Antoinette would make an excellent queen but as time passed they realized that she did not. Unfortunately the young queen did not have