Marie-Antoinette: References & Edit History
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Biographies include André Castelot, Marie-Antoinette (1957, reissued 1989); Stanley Loomis, The Fatal Friendship: Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen, and the Flight to Varennes (1972); Chantal Thomas, The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette, trans. by Julie Rose (1999); and Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2001). Events from the time of the royal couple’s return to Paris in 1789 and their execution are discussed in detail in Munro Price, The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy (2003).
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| Modified link of Web site: Chateau de Versailles - Marie-Antoinette. | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - How Marie Antoinette became the most fashionable queen in history. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Why 'the most controversial queen in history' was so hated. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Marie Antoinette. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Tasmania Evenings - The life and death of Marie Antoinette. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Research Guides - France: Women in the Revolution - Marie Antoinette. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Added the section “Want to learn more?” | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potters Wax Museum - Marie Antoinette. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: La Salle University Digital Commons - Marie Antoinette: Misunderstood Monarch? | Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Washington Libraries - La France Sauv�e ou le Tyran D�tr�n�: A Dramaturgical Casebook - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Marie Antoinette. | Mar 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - The Birth of Marie Antoinette. | Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 12, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Oct 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Marie-Antoinette. | Mar 08, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The World of the Habsburgs - Marie Antoinette. | Mar 08, 2017 | ||
| Added a print portrait of Marie Antoinette. | Dec 20, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Dec 20, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 17, 2014 | ||
| Clarified details about the "Let them eat cake!" remark that has been attributed to her. | May 01, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Women's History at King College - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Sep 01, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Biography of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France. | Sep 01, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Sep 01, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Oct 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cinderella - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of marie Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chateau de Versailles - Marie-Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Historycentral.com - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Robin Chew - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Marie Antoinette. | Dec 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 22, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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