Marie Antoinette Research Paper

Have you ever wondered how it would be to get married, right now, at your age? More importantly, with someone your mom chose and you’ve never met? And finally, accept the fact that you had to have kids with them? Marie Antoinette went through all of this and more in her marriage. Archduchess Marie Antoinette was married at the age of 14 to the future Louis XVI. They were basic strangers on their wedding day, which was on May 7, 1770. The young Dauphine had already been expected to begin the process of the creation of an heir, just hours after the night of their wedding. Imagine “making babies” with a 15-year old stranger on the first night you met.

According to page 98, “At the heart of Marie Antoinette’s personal failure – as the Empress saw it – was her inability to inspire sexual passion in her husband. Nothing was quite certain about her position until the final physical act was performed that was intended to crown the Franco-Austrian alliance.” The young Dauphine had too much to carry on her 14-year old shoulders. She was to worry about completely carrying out her marriage which would heavily strengthen the Franco-Austrian alliance. And the only way to do that was to forget that they were strangers and “conduct the final physical act”. This must have
Found on page 77, “But her undeveloped figure… was somewhat of a disappointment, even if it had to be admitted that it was satisfactory enough for her age. In general, the King’s verdict on the Dauphine was spontaneous and a little childish.”. Due to her “undeveloped figure” many saw her and treated her as a child. This may have been very depressing to a young girl especially due to the fact that the King, the father of her husband Louis XVI, was disappointed by her body and regarded her to be “childish”, which may have taken a very heavy toll on the young Queen of