| Marie Antoinette's mother and the Austrian ambassador to France, , who sent the Empress secret reports on Marie Antoinette's behavior, pressured Marie Antoinette to speak to Madame du Barry, which she grudgingly agreed to do on New Year's Day 1772 | Nevertheless, following Joseph's intervention, the marriage was finally consummated in August 1777 |
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| In her new role and with increasing political power, the queen tried to improve the awkward situation brewing between the assembly and the king | Names Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna Father Mother Religion Signature Coat of arms of Marie Antoinette of Austria Marie Antoinette ; French: ; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 — 16 October 1793 was the last before the |
The only time the royal couple returned to Paris in that period was on 14 July to attend the , an official ceremony held at the in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille one year earlier.
18| This decision met with disapproval from the court as the duchess was considered to be of too modest a birth to occupy such an exalted position | Marie Antoinette in the Temple Marie Antoinette prisoner in the Temple Tower attributed to Alexandre Kucharski, c |
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| This controversial portrait was considered by her critics to show improperly informal attire for a queen, whereas a similar portrait in formal dress did not create controversy | A second visit from Joseph II, which took place in July 1781 to reaffirm the Franco-Austrian alliance and also to see his sister, was tainted by false rumours that Marie Antoinette was sending money to him from the French treasury |
As time went on, these came to focus more and more on the Queen.
26| In 1770 she was instrumental in ousting , who had helped orchestrate the Franco-Austrian alliance and Marie Antoinette's marriage, and in exiling his sister, the duchess de Gramont, one of Marie Antoinette's ladies-in-waiting | Return of the royal family to Paris on 25 June 1791, after the flight to Varennes colored engraving, Carnavalet Museum, Paris Upon learning of the capture of the royal family, the sent three representatives, , and to Varennes to escort Marie Antoinette and her family back to Paris |
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| Marie Antoinette in hunting attire, one of her mother's favorite portraits of her daughter by Joseph Krantzinger, 1771 proved a troublesome foe to the new dauphine | Count , after his return from America in June 1783, was accepted into the queen's private society |
Marie Antoinette's cell in the Conciergerie where she was allowed no privacy.
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