http://www.marie-antoinette.info http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Madame_Du_Barry_anime.html Madame Du Barry was the favorite mistress of Louis XV. She was from a low class family. Marie Antoinette and Madame Du Barry were known to have tension between them. Marie Antoinette felt that a low class person like Madame Du Barry should not be admitted to her banquets and royal balls. The struggle between Marie Antoinette and Madame Du Barry did not entertain Louis XV who ordered Marie Antoinette to speak to his favourite mistress, Madame Du Barry. The tension between Marie Antoinette and Madame Du Barry was real in history. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Madame_Du_Barry_anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Rosalie_Lamorliere_anime.html In Lady Oscar, Rosalie was a noble lady who suffered an ill fate and was raised by a poor family. However, she and Lady Oscar became friends. In the Lady Oscar series, Rosalie was the woman who took care of Marie Antoinette the night before her execution. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Rosalie_Lamorliere_anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Hans_Axel_Fersen_anime.html A good looking Swedish nobleman who later became Marie Antoinette's lover. Hans Axel Fersen was known to be a womanizer more in history than depicted in the series, Lady Oscar. In Lady Oscar, he was portrayed as a tall and handsome man. This is not the same as his description in history. Nevertheless, he was supposed to be good looking. His tragic death told in the Lady Oscar series was supposed to also be true. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Hans_Axel_Fersen_anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XVI_anime.html Louis XVI was a weak king. He paid no attention to neither his kingdom nor his wife, Marie Antoinette. He liked tinkering with locks as a hobby and enjoyed physical labor. In fact, he enjoyed physical labor more than spending time with Marie Antoinette. It is not surprising that Marie Antoinette later was suspected to have affairs. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XVI_anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Anime.html Marie Antoinette in the Lady Oscar series depicted the real Marie Antoinette. She was the daughter of the great Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Lady_Oscar_Anime.html Lady Oscar or The Rose of Versailles (also called Berubara in Japanese) is a famous comic written by Riyoko Ikeda in 1972. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Lady_Oscar_Anime.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Axel_von_Fersen.html Count Axel von Fersen was believed to be Marie Antoinette 's lover. However, recent accounts of Marie Antoinette indicated that there was no evidence that Axel Fersen was any more than a close friend to Marie Antoinette. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Axel_von_Fersen.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Kristen_Dunst_as_Marie_Antoinette.html The new full length movie directed by Sofia Coppola featured Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette, the teen queen of France. Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette has been widely publicized a long time before the actual Marie Antoinette movie came out. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Kristen_Dunst_as_Marie_Antoinette.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Dunst_Teen_Queen_Marie_Antoinette.html The new Sofia Coppola movie, Kirsten Dunst was the teen queen Marie Antoinette. You can find the story of Kirsten Dunst Teen Queen Marie Antoinette in the September 2006 issue of Vogue magazine. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Dunst_Teen_Queen_Marie_Antoinette.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Let_Them_Eat_Cake.html The infamous saying of Marie Antoinette 'let them eat cake' actually never happened. More historical findings showed that it was very unlikely that Marie Antoinette said 'let them eat cake' in response to hearing of starving peasants. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Let_Them_Eat_Cake.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Vogue_Magazine_Pictures_of_Marie_Antoinette.html Paving the way for the new Sofia Coppola's movie, beautiful Vogue magazine pictures of Marie Antoinette featured Kirsten Dunst in Vogue as Marie Antoinette, the teen queen. Beautiful Vogue magazine pictures of Marie Antoinette were published in the September 2006 issue of Vogue magazine with 754 pages. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Vogue_Magazine_Pictures_of_Marie_Antoinette.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_the_Movie.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_the_Movie.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Movie.html Marie Antoinette biography has been made into Marie Antoinette movie many times in many countries. The latest attempt to portray Marie Antoinette 's life, Marie Antoinette biography and the execution of Marie Antoinette is in the 2006 Marie Antoinette Movie directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette. The Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette movie and biography is based on the book by Antonia Fraser. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Movie.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Francis'_death_and_Smallpox.html Although Maria Theresa and Francis Steven loved each other, they did have affairs. Francis Stephen tended to take ladies from the court to bed, and had a liking to Princess Charlotte, who later retired to a convent and became the Abbess of Remiremont. It is rumored that Maria Theresa liked her sister, Maria Anna's, widow, Charles of Lorraine, her husband's brother. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Francis'_death_and_Smallpox.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Fate_of_Maria_Theresa_'s_Children.html Maria Theresa married all of her children off to strengthen her empire. The alliances that could be formed by marrying her children off meant more to Maria Theresa than love - it did not matter whether her children loved their wives or husbands or not. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Fate_of_Maria_Theresa_'s_Children.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Maria_Theresa_'s_children.html Maria Theresa was married to Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine. Maria Theresa had 16 children altogether by Francis Stephen. She had 11 daughters (all of whom had the first name "Marie") and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Maria_Theresa_'s_children.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Treaty_of_Versailles.html The First Treaty of Versailles signed on May 1, 1756. This Treaty of Versailles was signed between France and Austria after England, which France viewed as an enemy, formed an alliance with Prussia as a defensive treaty. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Treaty_of_Versailles.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Birth_of_Marie_Antoinette.html Maria Teresa was thirty-eight years old when she gave birth to Marie Antoinette. She has been married for nearly twenty years and had produced four Archdukes and ten Archduchesses. By the time Marie Antoinette was born, seven of the ten Archduchesses were living in 1755). Maria Theresa looked so well after giving birth to Marie Antoinette, in a way he had not before. Emperor Frances Stephen and many courtiers were present to congratulate Maria Theresa on the birth of her fifteenth child. The baby, Archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna (or Marie Antoinette), was small but healthy. Somehow, Maria Theresa knew beforehand that she was going to have a daughter. The room where Marie Antoinette was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna is now the Austrian President's salon. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Birth_of_Marie_Antoinette.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Maria_Theresa.html Marie Antoinette was born on Nov 2, 1755. Her mother was Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Theresa was also known as Maria Theresa of Habsburg, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire of Gemanic Nations. Marie Antoinette 's father was the late Emporor Francis Stephen of Lorraine. Maria Theresa was born on 13 May, 1717, the daughter of the German Emperor Charles VI (1711-1740) and his wife Elizabeth von Braunschweig-WolfenbŸttel. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Maria_Theresa.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Beheaded.html In 1789, the French Revolution was beginning to emerge as the state went bankrupt. In October, Antoinette and the rest of the royal family were moved from Versailles to Paris where they were kept under guard like prisoners. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Beheaded.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Axel_Fersen.html Count Hans Axel Fersen was born in 1755 in Stockholm and died there on June 20, 1810. He was a Swedish soldier and diplomat. His father was Count Fredrik Axel Fersen, who was the field marshal, councilor of the empire, founding member of the Academy, and leader and elder of statesman of the party of the old nobility. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Axel_Fersen.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Diamond_Necklace_Affair.html As Marie Antoinette matured Marie Antoinette became more responsible and less extravagant. She tried to change her image by wearing simple gowns, but her efforts had little effect on the unforgiving French public. The greatest damage to her reputation was created by a scandal that took place at the court of King Louis XVI of France just before the French Revolution - the Diamond Necklace Affair, in the mid 1780s. Although Marie Antoinette was innocent, the rumors ruined her reputation. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Diamond_Necklace_Affair.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XVI.html Louis XVI, born in 1754 and died in 1793, was the third son of third son of the dauphin (Louis) and Marie Josèphe of Saxony, grandson and successor of King Louis XV. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XVI.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Madame_Du_Barry.html Madame du Barry was born on August 19, 1743 and died on December 8, 1793. She was a courtesan (high class prostitite) who later became the last mistress of Louis XV, King of France. Madame du Barry was Louis XV's mistress from 1768 until his death in 1774. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Madame_Du_Barry.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XV.html Louis succeeded to the throne with Philippe II, duc d’Orléans as regent. After the regent died (1723), Louis XV came to throne. He became king at the age of 5. He was handsome, majestic, intelligent, and shy at the same time. Although he was the king, he was guided by the real power, André Hercule de Fleury, his main adviser from 1726. When Fleury died in 1743, Louis XV decided not to appoint a chief minister. He governed by himself between 1743 and 1758. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Louis_XV.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Marriage.html Marie Antoinette arrived in France in 1768 in order to marry Louis, who later became Louis XVI, King of France. Marie Antoinette was 14. She was young, innocent, naive and totally unprepared for the life she would have to lead in France. http://www.marie-antoinette.info/Marie_Antoinette_Marriage.html http://www.marie-antoinette.info/index.html This Marie Antoinette website tells the story of Marie Antoinette from her birth to execution. The website focuses on many important people in Marie Antoinette 's life such as her mother, the Empress Maria Theresa, who some pinned blame on for Marie Antoinette 's tragedy. The treaty of Versailles which Maria Theresa signed also came into play. The treaty of Versailles marked the event that would changed Marie Antoinette 's life forever. We also touched on the subject of the French revolution. http://www.marie-antoinette.info