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Why was Marie Antoinette killed?

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Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette follows him to the guillotine. read more

Marie Antoinette was killed because the people of France(Mainly Paris, and that area) were starving because she was not feeding them. She was oblivious to the fact that they were starving though. The people didn’t care though, and they killed her. read more

Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t w ə-/; French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt]; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. read more

Marie Antoinette was the last Queen ever in France. Since then France has had an emperor (Napoleon Bonaparte), some Kings in name (so not really Kings at all) and eventually Presidents. Marie Antoinette was an Austrian archduchess and since the French had been at war with Austria for ages, her mother and King Louis XV designed this marriage to be a political statement: peace. read more

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