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Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen

The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette became a symbol of the decadence and disconnect of the monarchy. Though the quote “Let them eat cake” is almost certainly apocryphal, it captures the public’s perception of her. Her life of immense privilege in Versailles ended tragically with her execution by guillotine in 1793.