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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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This guy held forth forever about his obsession with Marie Antoinette's crypt and with his mad dash to visit the room she gave birth in so he could touch the curtains.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Talk subjects will include Marie Antoinette's dairy, a Chinoiserie entertainment held by Maria Augusta at Schloss Favorite and the tiled stoves used for heating the grand Swiss houses of the 18th century.
Talk subjects will include Marie Antoinette's dairy, a Chinoiserie entertainment held by Maria Augusta at Schloss Favorite and the tiled stoves used for heating the great houses of the 18th century.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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These earrings were Marie-Antoinette's favorite jewelry and she wore them constantly.
Marie Antoinette wife of Louis XV was known to wear potato blossoms as a hair decoration.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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Marie Antoinette's first child, Marie Therese Charlotte (called Madame Royale) was born the following year.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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In 1791 Axel Fersen, Marie Antoinette's rumored lover, arranged their escape.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Frivolous and extravagant, Marie Antoinette, queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, became the symbol of the people's hatred for the old regime during the French Revolution.
In 1770 King Louis XVI of France married Marie Antoinette of Austria to strengthen ties between the 2 countries.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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here is a legend that my great, great grandfather was the son of the Dauphin, Louis XVII, for whom Marie antoinette's lady in waiting substituted a deaf and dumb beggar boy.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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After Louis's death his brother (the future Louis XVIII), who had escaped from France years earlier, proclaimed Marie Antoinette's son Louis Charles to be the new king of France.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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During Marie Antoinette's childhood, Maria Teresa took her to visit the Weber household; there she showered gifts upon the children and, according to Joseph, admonished Constance: "Good Weber, have a care for your son.
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