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Marie-Antoinette — Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI, guillotined in 1793, 1755–1793
An archduchess of Austria who became queen of France, a prime target of revolutionary pamphlets, she was guillotined nine months after her husband. (Editorial synthesis)
Marie-Antoinette married Louis XVI (from 1770 to 1793, widowhood). (source: Château de Versailles and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie-Antoinette was born on 2 November 1755. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie-Antoinette was born in Vienna. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie-Antoinette died on 16 October 1793. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie-Antoinette died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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