Bonus: Marie Antoinette

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What age did she marry?

14

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In ___________(year), she gave birth to her first child, a girl.

1778

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What years did she give birth to her two sons?

1781 and 1785

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The long wait for a male heir made the royal family the ______________________

butt of jokes

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French public disliked her _______________________________, and her rumoured ambition, promiscuity, and extravagance.

Austrian birth

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Major spending scandal name

Affair of the Diamond Necklace

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Affair of the Diamond Necklace

1785-86

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What was the Affair of the Diamond Necklace about?

The Queen was impersonated to fraudulently acquire a 647 diamond necklace.

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Nicknames

"Madame deficit" the "Austrian wh-re"

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She was supported by a small group of sympathisers called the

Austrian committee