Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, married to King Louis XVI at age 15 and eventually executed by guillotine at age 37. Seen by many as a symbol of royal excess and indifference to the suffering of the French people—though the famous quote "Let them eat cake" was never actually said by her—she became one of the most recognizable victims of the Reign of Terror. Modern historians have offered more sympathetic reappraisals of her political situation and personal courage in her final years.