. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. n 1777 she acquired Bukowinafrom Turkey. Of her sixteen children tensurvived her, one of whom was the unfortu-nate Marie Antoinette. Related Articles. Consult the following titles for additional information:Aix-la-Chapelle, Pragmatic Sanction Treaties of Seven Years War Charles VI Succession Wars MARIE ANTOINETTE, ma ree ahN twannet, (1755-1793), a beautiful queen who wasone of the most unfortunate of the victimsof the French Revolution
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. n 1777 she acquired Bukowinafrom Turkey. Of her sixteen children tensurvived her, one of whom was the unfortu-nate Marie Antoinette. Related Articles. Consult the following titles for additional information:Aix-la-Chapelle, Pragmatic Sanction Treaties of Seven Years War Charles VI Succession Wars MARIE ANTOINETTE, ma ree ahN twannet, (1755-1793), a beautiful queen who wasone of the most unfortunate of the victimsof the French Revolution. She was the young-est daughter of the Emperor Francis Iand Maria Theresa of Austria, and was mar-ried at the age of fif-teen to the Dauphin,afterward LouisXVI. Her mannerswere ill-suited to theFrench court, andshe made many ene-mies by her contemptfor its freedom of hermanners was f r e -quently the occasionof scandal, for heryouthful spirits andher impatience with court etiquette led herinto many indiscretions. Without doubt, she had great influence overthe king, and she constantly opposed allmeasures of reform. The enthusiastic recep-. MARIEANTOINETTE MARIETTA 2252 MARINE CORPS tion given her at the guards ball at Ver-sailles on October 1, 1789, raised the generalindignation to the highest pitch, and was fol-lowed in a few days by the insurrection ofwomen and the attack on Versailles. Whenthe royal family were practically prisonersin the Tuileries it was she who advised theirflight, in June, 1791, an episode which endedin their capture and return. On August 10, 1792, she heard her hus-bands deposition pronounced by the Legis-lative Assembly and accompanied him to theprison in the Temple, where she displayed themagnanimity of a heroine and the patient en-durance of a martyr. In January, 1793, sheparted from her husband, who had been con-demned by the Convention; in August shewas removed to the Conciergerie, and in Oc-tober she was charged before the revolution
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