Marie Antoinette
How they croaked: I did not do it on purpose
BRIEF BIO
Marie Antoinette was the princess of Austria to the tenth power.
Married Louis XVI to become Frances new queen.
- Born on November 2, 1755
Vienna, Austria
- Died on October 16, 1793
Paris, France
She was only 37 years old when she was killed.
HISTORY
Marie Antoinette was Maria Antonia of Austria till she married Louis XVI. She went to Austrian to French in one carriage. She lost all of her Austrian things like her pug, her clothes and her name. Seven years and three months later they had four children but two children died in childhood. The people didn't want to have kings anymore. They wanted to be free and equal. They were killing all the kings, queens and the wealthy to get there rights and be free. Her husband was killed by a guillotine in 1793.
CANCER
Marie Antoinette was showing signs of cancer of the womb. Her joints were swollen and achy. She also fainted a lot and had convulsions. The treatment they thought would help was bringing her flowers and putting ribbon in her hair everyday and giving her mineral water instead of filthy water.
TREATMENT USED TODAY
- Chemotherapy
- Surgery
- Radiotherapy
Marie Antoinette, her children and Mademe de Tourzel face the mob of people. (June 20th, 1792)
Marie Antoinette wore three-foot-tall headdresses called poufs. The were built with wire, cloth, gauze, and horsehair and were covered with powder. Poufs were hard to wear because carriages roofs weren't tall enough sot he wearer had to squat down on the floor if stick her head out of the window. They were unwashable, providing spiders,mice and bugs. Pouf wearers had to sleep sitting up.
The guillotine is what killed Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The average height of the gulliotine is 14 feet. The first execution was on April 25, 1792 and the last was Sepember 10, 1977. A beheading takes 1/50 of a second.
VOCABULARY
Guillotine- was the new humane decapitating machine at the time. The designer was Dr. Guillotine
Jeering- People that dislike
Garters- use to keep hosiery up
Poufs- Three-foot-tall- headdresses
Convulsions- Shaking
INTERESTING FACTS
By 1815, Kings were back in power and her body was dug up. She was reburied with her husband in Basilica of Saint Denis. Her last words were "I didn't do it on purpose."