Whatever happened to Marie Antoinette's head?

Like the rest of her body, and in turn like the bodies of anyone executed in the Terror, it would have been tossed into an unmarked grave. read more

According to legend, after Marie Antoinette’s beheading on 16 October 1793, the executioner lifted her severed head and slapped her face, which blushed a bright red. read more

But while the story of Marie Antoinette ends with her beheading in 1793, the tragedy of her family continued to unfold long after her death. Marie Antoinette and her husband, the Dauphin, were married for seven years before consummating their marriage -- much to the chagrin of Marie's family, particularly her critical mother, the Empress Maria Teresa of the Holy Roman Empire. read more