The French Revolution began in 1789, and tensions peaked with King Louis and Marie Antoinette’s failed escape attempt in 1791 ...
An exhibition at London’s V&A Museum showcases the final queen of France’s unique and important patronage of the arts.
Marie Antoinette was known — and eventually beheaded — for her lavish spending. The last Queen of France and her husband, King Louis XVI, met their untimely ends after squandering their vast fortune ...
An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum features portraits, jewelry, dresses and more in tracing the doomed ...
Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the ...
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PARIS, France — With the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony over, many of the visuals are making people wonder about a significant chapter in the city's rich history — Marie Antoinette.