Executed French Women: Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette, Olympe de Gouges, Madame Du Barry, Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette, Olympe de Gouges, Madame du Barry, Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland, Princess Elisabeth of France, Marguerite Porete, Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, Helene Jegado, Anne D'Arpajon, Countess of Noailles, Madame de Brinvilliers, La Voisin, Marie-Louise Giraud, Peronne Goguillon, Lucile Duplessis, Angele de la Barthe, Anne de Chantraine, Magdelaine de La Grange, Pierronne. Excerpt: Marie Antoinette ( or; French pronunciation: baptised Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna (or Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna); 2 November 1755 - 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I. In April 1770, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, she subsequently became Dauphine of France. Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and of Navarre when her husband, Louis XVI of France, ascended the throne upon the death of Louis XV in May 1774. After seven years of marriage, she gave birth to a daughter, Marie-Therese Charlotte, the first of four children. Initially charmed by her personality and beauty, the French people generally came to dislike her, accusing the Austrian of being profligate and promiscuous, and of harboring sympathies for France's enemies, particularly Austria, since Marie Antoinette was, after all, Austrian. At the height of the French Revolution, Louis XVI was deposed and the monarchy abolished on 10 August 1792; the royal family was subsequently imprisoned at the Temple Prison. Nine months after her husband's execution, Marie Antoinette was herself tried, convicted of treason, and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793. Even after her death, Marie Antoinette is often considered to be a part of popular culture...