FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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Marie Antionette
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King Louis XVI
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Charles V
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marie-Antoinette was queen of France from 1774 to 1793 and is associated with the decline of the French monarchy. Her alleged remark “Let them eat cake” has been cited as showing her obliviousness to the poor conditions in which many of her subjects lived while she lived decadently, but she probably never said it.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1793, King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the guillotine after he was found to have been conspiring with other countries and engaging in counter-revolutionary acts. He was found guilty of treason and later executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette, the former Queen of France, was executed by the guillotine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette (1755–93) is famous for being overthrown by revolutionaries and being publicly guillotined following the abolition of the monarchy in France.