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 +'''Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen''' ([[Vienna]], 2 November 1755 – Paris, 16 October 1793) was an [[Archduchess]] of Austria and the [[Queen of France]] and [[List of Navarrese royal consorts|Navarre]]. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Empress Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Francis I]].
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 +At the age of fourteen, on the day of her marriage to [[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste]], [[Dauphin of France]], she became ''Dauphine de France''. At the death of King [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]], in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and Navarre. After seven years of marriage she gave birth to a daughter, [[Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France|Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte]], the first of their four children.
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 +During the [[Reign of Terror]], at the height of the [[French Revolution]], Marie Antoinette's husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of [[treason]] and executed by [[guillotine]] on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband.
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Sur les relations entre Marie-Antoinette et la princesse de Lamballe et leur supposé lesbianisme]]
 +*''[[Fureurs utérines de Marie-Antoinette]]''
 +*''[[Marie Antoinette (disambiguation)]]''
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Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Vienna, 2 November 1755 – Paris, 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.

At the age of fourteen, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, she became Dauphine de France. At the death of King Louis XV, in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and Navarre. After seven years of marriage she gave birth to a daughter, Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, the first of their four children.

During the Reign of Terror, at the height of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette's husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of treason and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband.

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