Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (part2/12)

Her name is synonymous with the French monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simple tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke the uprising that became the French Revolution. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker David Grubin paints a surprising portrait of a courageous figure and traces her journey from the splendors of a childhood in the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire to a French guillotine.

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[OneTrueLionessQueen]

she was a bad queen (she would have been a good one if she knew what was going on)

but she was a good wife and mother. you have to give her credit for those two things

[abrown368]

You know, for anyone of us girls watching, regardless of our age, 15 would be way too young to even think of the pressure that rested on her.

In those times 15 wasn't too young. & 18 - - then would have been too old! Her only job was to provide an heir. I personally can't imagine how that must feel. I've always thought the women then must've been very strong!

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

@kendoll17 At that time, a girl was a woman when she had her bleedings and by the time she was 30, she was considered as old.

[kendoll17]

Does anyone else feel weirded out when they describe her, a 15 year old, as "seductive"? I mean, we are talking about a young girl here, not a woman. It just feels wrong.

[sifugurusensei]

Louis must be gay.

[InnannasRainbow]

The worst thing any ruler can do is to be cut off from the life of the common people. You really have no idea how to rule or what to change or fix.

[WickedVocal193]

@ForeverComplaining she might have been premature

[MUSICPRINCESSLOVER1]

where  have you got the pictures

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

@Wilbtube I agree with that. Alas, Louis XVIII was crown in 1815, and he had to please everyone. So, we could say that Marie-Antoinette was the last Queen of the " Ancien Régime" to be correct.

[Wilbtube]

@MarinaMaxwellYuy I do believe you are right. It should be said, however, that Marie-Joséphine de Savoy, wife of the future Louis XVIII, was titular queen of France (not: the French) from 1795 to 1810.

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

@Wilbtube Last Queen of France. The others after her were Queens of the french people. It's a play on the words but it did a difference after the revolution.

[Wilbtube]

"last" queen of France? Were Louis XVIII and Charles X ánd Louis-Philippe all unmarried kings?