Marie Antoinette

Born: Nov. 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria

Died: 1793

Became Queen of France at age 19, but was despised by many as she lived a lavish lifestyle while the rest of the country suffered from the hardships.

When the French Revolution began, her husband Louis XVI took no action so she stepped in, met with advisors, wrote letters, delegated jobs and tried to save France’s monarchy.

Captured trying to escape France as revolutionaries abolished France’s monarchy; she and her husband were arrested, convicted and put to death.

“Courage! I have shown it for years; (you think) I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?”