Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She became Dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she assumed the title Queen of France and Navarre, which she held
Cultural depictions of Marie Antoinette out "Let them eat shit" and "Let them eat pussy", and the last line says "Let them eat cake." Marie Antoinette appears in the children's book "Ben and Me" by Robert Lawson, but does not appear in the 1953 animated short film adaptation. Joan Rivers' book "I Hate Everyone... Starting With Me", contains a quote by Marie Antoinette saying "Let her eat shit". Costco then refused to sell the book because of the explicit language. Juliet Grey's trilogy of books starting with "Becoming Marie Antoinette" and ending with "Confessions of Marie Antoinette" tells Marie Antoinette's entire story from beginning to