Marie Antoinette.

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette.

Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. she was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria; wife of Louis XVI; and mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined at the height of the French Revolution, and is interred with her husband in the royal crypt at Saint Denis Basilica in Paris.

Marie Antoinette

Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. she was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I…

This is an illustration of the Marchioness de Pompadour. She was the mistress of Louis XV., in whose affections she succeeded Madame de Chateauroux; the daughter of a financier; born in 1720.

Pompadour

This is an illustration of the Marchioness de Pompadour. She was the mistress of Louis XV., in whose…