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1755–1793 France
Marie Antoinette (November 2 1755 – October 16 1793) was Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria, the wife of Louis XVI, and the mother of Louis XVII.
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It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness.
Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose.
Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?
"I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly."
"No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently."
"The King of Prussia is innately a bad neighbor, but the English will also always be bad neighbors to France, and the sea has never prevented them from doing her great mischief."
I did not do it on purpose.
"In a month’s time, I shall be able to give your Majesty news of the Comtesse de Provence, for the marriage is fixed for May 14th; they had prepared many fetes for this marriage, but now they are economising in them for want of money."
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