October 16 | in Death Today
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1774-92), who supposedly uttered the words "let them eat cake," was executed in 1793 at the age of 37.
The last queen of France, known for her words, "Let them eat cake", was executed in 1793 at the age of 37. She was born an archduchess of Austria and was the pnultimate child and the youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
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