Marie Antoinette
Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen
French
Holy Roman Empire
Marie Antoinett was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France. - AsNotedIn
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- Mother Empress Maria Teresa
Marie Antoinett was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1755/11/02 | Empress Maria Theresa, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, gives birth to Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen in the Leopoldine Wing of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. | Born | Leopoldine Wing | Vienna, AT | |||
| 1755/11/03 | After mass, Marie is baptized Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna at the Church of the Augustine Friars in Vienna performed by the archbishop. Empress Maria Teresa does not attend as she recovers from giving birth. Two public galas are held to celebrate. | Faith | |||||
| 1760/00/00 | Archduchess Antoinette loves Laxenburg, the holiday palace, and the music of Christoph Gluck. | Life | Blauer Hof | Laxenburg | |||
| 1760/04/00 | The Imperial family typically takes up residence at the Palace of Schonbrunn by Easter. Each Archduchesses is provided with a five room suite in the left wing while the Archdukes receive suites in the right wing. | Home | Schonbrunn Palace | Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn | |||
| 1765/00/00 | At Schonbrunn, Marie Antoinette thoroughly enjoys rides by torchlight in a swan shaped sled driven across the snow by her brothers, Archdukes Ferdinand and Max. | Life | Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn | Vienna, AT | |||
| 1770/04/19 | Marie Antoinette's 'per procurationem' wedding takes place at the Hapsburg Court Church of St Augustin. At the altar, Marie's brother, the Archduke Ferdinand, stands in for her bridegroom the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. | Bride | Augustinian Church | Vienna, AT | Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI | ||
| 1770/04/21 | Marie Antoinette's retinue of 21 state coaches, 36 fine carriages, 450 horses and a 257 personnel, departs Schonbrunn. Marie Antoinette rides in one of two carriages one decorated in crimson, the other in blue - provided by the Marquis de Durfort. | Bride | Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn | Vienna, AT | Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI | ||
| 1770/05/16 | Habsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia marries the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste, in the Opera Royal at Chateau de Versailles. | Bride | Opera Royal | Palace and Park of Versailles | Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI | ||
| 1770/06/00 | Marie Antoinette introduces the croissant to the French Royal Court. | Life | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles | Croissant | ||
| 1774/00/00 | King Louis XVI gives The Petit Trianon to Queen Marie Antoinette for her exclusive use and enjoyment. | Home | Petit Trianon | Palace and Park of Versailles | |||
| 1774/04/19 | Marie-Antoinette attends the premiere of "Iphigenie in Aulide" by Christoph W Gluck at the Paris Opera in the second Salle du Palais-Royal (lost). | Audience member | Palais Royal | Paris | |||
| 1783/00/00 | Hameau de la Reine, a rustic hamlet designed by Richard Mique and painter Hubert Robert, is built for Marie Antoinette near the Petit Trianon. | Retreat | Hameau de la Reine | Palace and Park of Versailles | |||
| 1784/11/05 | An interesting acquisition for my children and for me.... The Duc d'Orleans is selling me Saint Cloud (lost, now the Parc de Saint-Cloud). - Marie Antoinette to Emperor Joseph II | Home | |||||
| 1787/00/00 | Sebastien Erard makes a piano for Marie-Antoinette, 1786-1787. | Owner | Marie Antoinette's Piano | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles | ||
| 1787/06/26 | The Queen passes through the portal of the Enclave de la Laiterie to a menagerie. After Louis XVI gives a signal, she enters the Laiterie de Rambouillet, a temple dedicated to the tasting of milk, and sees Julien's "Amalthee et la chevre de Jupiter". | Owner | Amalthee et la chevre de Jupiter (Julien) | Chateau de Rambouillet | Rambouillet | ||
| 1788/00/00 | Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun paints Marie Antionette, one of more than 30 portraits of the queen and her family. | Subject | Marie Antionette | ||||
| 1788/00/00 | About 100 musical instruments, including 17 piano-fortes, are inventoried at Chateau de Versailles. Queen's household spends 2,000 pounds for musical instruments. | Owner | Marie Antoinette's Pianoforte | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles | ||
| 1793/08/01 | On the night of 1 August, at 1:00 in the morning, Marie Antoinette is transferred from the Temple Tower to an isolated cell in the Conciergerie, becoming Prisoner No 280. | Confinement | La Conciergerie | Paris | |||
| 1793/10/16 | Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution, Paris, France | Died | Place de la Concorde | Paris |
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