Marie Antoinette Research Paper
“Marie Antoinette”
In Vienna, on November 2, 1755 the thirty-eight-year-old sovereign, ruler of an empire, Marie Theresa, was to give birth for the fifteenth time in her life to, Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna. Since all the archduchesses were given the first name Maria, they were usually addressed by their second name. Maria Theresa would refer to her youngest daughter as Antonia. It was the French who would call her Marie Antoinette.
In the meantime Antonia blossomed she grew and developed. Antonia spent more time playing then studying she enjoyed her music lessons and became an excellent harpist and dancer. She was always elegantly dressed she never missed a ball, a concert, a reception or a performance at the opera. At the Hofburg, she was seen once a week at the Empress’s card table she loved to gamble. A shadow fell over Antonia’s sunny life in 1765, when her father …show more content…
There was a general explosion of joy. People stopped in the streets and embrace. The festivities began for three days. Despite of her declining popularity, Marie Antoinette political influence such as it was did not benefit Austria at all. In June 1783, Marie was pregnant again but she suffered a miscarriage on the night of November 1-2, 1783, which made her more fearful of her health. On March 27, 1785, Marie Antoinette gave birth to her second son Louis Charles, who was created the duc de Normandie. Louis Charles was visibly stronger than the sickly Dauphin. A second daughter, Sophie Helene Beatrice de France was born, on July 9, 1786 but died on June 19, 1787. The queen began to abandon her carefree activities and invested more time into her family and politics. The reasons were because the children were infants and by concentrating on her children more the queen wanted the “Diamond Necklace affair” she was accused for to die down and be out of the public
In Vienna, on November 2, 1755 the thirty-eight-year-old sovereign, ruler of an empire, Marie Theresa, was to give birth for the fifteenth time in her life to, Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna. Since all the archduchesses were given the first name Maria, they were usually addressed by their second name. Maria Theresa would refer to her youngest daughter as Antonia. It was the French who would call her Marie Antoinette.
In the meantime Antonia blossomed she grew and developed. Antonia spent more time playing then studying she enjoyed her music lessons and became an excellent harpist and dancer. She was always elegantly dressed she never missed a ball, a concert, a reception or a performance at the opera. At the Hofburg, she was seen once a week at the Empress’s card table she loved to gamble. A shadow fell over Antonia’s sunny life in 1765, when her father …show more content…
There was a general explosion of joy. People stopped in the streets and embrace. The festivities began for three days. Despite of her declining popularity, Marie Antoinette political influence such as it was did not benefit Austria at all. In June 1783, Marie was pregnant again but she suffered a miscarriage on the night of November 1-2, 1783, which made her more fearful of her health. On March 27, 1785, Marie Antoinette gave birth to her second son Louis Charles, who was created the duc de Normandie. Louis Charles was visibly stronger than the sickly Dauphin. A second daughter, Sophie Helene Beatrice de France was born, on July 9, 1786 but died on June 19, 1787. The queen began to abandon her carefree activities and invested more time into her family and politics. The reasons were because the children were infants and by concentrating on her children more the queen wanted the “Diamond Necklace affair” she was accused for to die down and be out of the public