Marie Antoinette | 10 Question People Multiple Choice Quiz

Answer: April 19, 1770

On April 19, 1770, Marie Antoinette was married by proxy to Louis Auguste of France. The ceremony occurred in the Church of the Augustine Friars, Vienna. Her brother Ferdinand was the proxy bridegroom. She wasn't handed over to her French bearers until May 7, and the full, ceremonial wedding didn't take place till May 16 of the same year.

Answer: Habsburg-Lorraine

Maria Antonia, later known as Marie Antoinette, belonged to the Habsburg-Lorraine house before she married Louis Auguste and became the Dauphine of France. Her father, the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, died of a stroke in 1765, leaving her mother and older brother, the future Joseph II, to rule the Habsburg domains.

Answer: Sophie Helene Beatrix

On June 17, 1787, Princess Sophie Helene Beatrix passed away. The cause of death is unclear, but some people say that she could have suffered from severe birth defects, and died from complications.

Answer: Varennes

Less than a week after Louis XVI and his family fled Paris, they were recaptured in Varennes, France. They were arrested by the local postmaster, who had been informed of the royal family's route by a merchant in the neighboring town of Sainte-Menehould, where they had spent the previous night.

Answer: Capet

In September 1792, the royal family of Louis XVI was officially renamed the Capets. Shortly afterwards, preparations for the trial of Louis XIV began, but he was not tried until December later that year. After the execution of her husband, Marie Antoinette was referred to as the "Capet Widow". (The Capet dynasty had ruled France from 978 till 1328, and the Bourbons claimed to be descended from the House of Capet).

Answer: False

Unlike the Comte de Provence, Marie Antoinette did not declare her son as France's new king. After the execution of her husband, Marie Antionetter, sank into a deep state of mourning, refusing to eat and exercise.

Answer: October 14, 1793

On October 14, 1793, the "trial" of Prisoner No. 280, otherwise known as Marie Antoinette, began. Unlike her husband, who was given ample time to formulate his defense, she was given less than one day. After two days of court proceedings, the jury found her guilty, and sentenced her to death by the guillotine.

Answer: La Madeleine Cemetery

After the execution of the 37-year-old former queen, her body was unceremoniously thrown into an unmarked grave in the former La Madeleine Cemetery in Paris. Later, in 1815, both the bodies of Marie Antoinette and her husband were exhumed and given a Christian burial at St. Denis Basilica.

Answer: Plotting to kill her husband, Louis XVI

During her trial, Marie Antoinette was accused of many horrendous crimes, even by today's standards. Many have been proven to be untrue, but they only fuelled the hatred of the French people for their former queen.

Answer: Duchess of Savoy

She held all of the above titles except that of Duchess of Savoy.