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Line 1: [[image:MA-Lebrun.jpg\|thumb\|''Marie Antoinette'' (1783), portrait by [[Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun]]]] '''Marie Antoinette''' ([[November 2]], [[1755]]–[[October 16]], [[1793]]) was [[Queen Consort]] of [[France]]. Daughter of Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] of the [[Habsburg]] dynasty and her consort, the Emperor [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor\|Francis I]], she was married to the heir to the French throne (later [[Louis XVI of France]]) in order to confirm the alliance between Austria and France. She and her husband were executed at the height of the [[French Revolution]]. She was viewed by many in the French public as rather spoiled and scandalous. It would be a fair analogy to say she was the Paris Hilton of her time period. == Early years and marriage ==

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