Marie Antoinette French territories on European soil. That summer, the situation was compounded by multiple defeats of the French armies by the Austrians, in part because Marie Antoinette passed on military secrets to them. In addition, at the insistence of his wife, Louis XVI vetoed several measures that would have further restricted his power, earning the royal couple the nicknames "Monsieur Veto" and "Madame Veto", nicknames then prominently featured in different contexts, including La Carmagnole. Barnave remained the most important advisor and supporter of the queen, who was willing to work with him as long as he met her demands, which he
Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, also "Manette" (Marie Antoinette Margarethe Mathilde; 28 May 1884 – 26 October 1944) was the second daughter of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and the Austrian-born Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz. Her brothers and sisters were Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1882–1904), Duchess Maria Luise of Mecklenburg (1883–1883), Duke Henry Borwin of Mecklenburg (1885–1942), and Duke Joseph of Mecklenburg (1889–1889). Marie Antoinette almost had a difficult relationship to her cousin Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, who regularly had to amortize her debts. So Marie Antoinette regularly had to sell