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Yes, it is moi, the one and only, the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette (/ˌæntwəˈnɛt, ˌɒ̃t-/; French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt]; Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. I was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. I became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon my marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, my husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and I became queen.
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