This quote still haunts me | Marie Antoinette #art #history #frenchrevolution #arthistory

Marie Antoinette's quote comes from one of the darkest periods of her life, during the final stages of the French Revolution. Once a powerful queen, she had lost her crown and her status following the overthrow of the monarchy. After her husband, King Louis XVI, was executed in January 1793, she became the most hated symbol of the French aristocracy. Separated from her children, Marie Antoinette was imprisoned in the Conciergerie, where she faced accusations of treason and was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal. The quote reflects her bitterness and anguish over the devastating losses she had endured: the fall from royalty, the death of her husband, and the forced separation from her children.

In the line "My blood alone remains," Marie Antoinette recognizes that her life, once filled with luxury and power, had been reduced to mere survival. She was stripped of everything that made her who she was—her identity as a queen, a wife, and a mother. By this point, she accepted her impending death and resigned herself to the fate awaiting her at the guillotine. The request "Take it, but do not make me suffer long" demonstrates a desire for a quick and merciful end, as she had already endured profound suffering. On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine, bringing an end to a life that had seen the heights of royal privilege and the depths of revolutionary wrath.

[violetblue]

i love the fact that she was actually quite humble person but whenever she act humble, , people around her said it was inapropriate. Thats reminds me to not really care what people said and just moving forward.

[JeanAntoine]

You know what's truly heartbreaking? The fact that Marie Antoinette gets blamed for the economic and social crises in France, even though these problems existed long before she arrived. People often forget that she was merely a political pawn, thrust into a role she had no say in. At just 14 years old, she was married off to the future King of France, a foreign land she had no experience with. When she became queen at 18, she was still too young and inexperienced to wield any real power or make significant decisions.

It's unfair to put all the hate and demise on her. While she may not have been the most devoted queen by certain standards, she did make efforts to help her people, especially the peasants. Unfortunately, by the time she began to understand the gravity of France's problems and tried to help, it was already too late. The country's decline had already set in, and blaming her for all of its ills ignores the broader, more complex issues at play during that time. In the end, she was just a young woman trapped in circumstances far beyond her control, doing her best in an impossible situation.

[AyDotHam]

She never said "let them eat cake" and it was her husband who was in charge of the nation. She was only 14 years old when she was married off to someone in another country. From the beginning rumors and harsh words were thrown at the young bride, as she was a foreigner. Her husband was politically and action-wise weak. And while she was the queen, it was he who was the king...the roles were not equal. While Louis(the king) spoiled and was more playful with his children, she was known to be more strict with them. She would encourage her daughter, Marie-Therese to give her toys to the poor. She even gave toys away on holidays such as New Years.

“Marie Antoinette was determined that her daughter should not grow up to be as haughty as her husband's unmarried aunts. She often invited children of lower rank to come and dine with Marie-Thérèse and, according to some accounts, encouraged the child to give her toys to the poor. In contrast to her image as a materialistic queen who ignored the plight of the poor, Marie Antoinette attempted to teach her daughter about the sufferings of others. One account, written by a partisan source some years after her death, says that on New Year's Day in 1784, after having some beautiful toys brought to Marie-Thérèse's apartment, Marie Antoinette told her:

“I should have liked to have given you all these as New Year's gifts, but the winter is very hard, there is a crowd of unhappy people who have no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no wood to make a fire. I have given them all my money; I have none left to buy you presents, so there will be none this year.””

[alilith]

Marie may have had her fault but she don't deserve all the hate that was directed towards her

[prbm_chid]

They did alot more than "deprive her of her children"
The things they did to those children should have them rotting in hell for eternity

[Veramontacaballo]

Such a unlucky woman, she was just broken and blamed. She was a kid when was married.

[preyaga]

This quote literally gives u shiver..the lines seems innocent and desperate😢

[gamingdelight]

She was 14 when she was married and was in her 20s when she had her first child. She was 37 when she died...

[thehistory_fan]

Marie Antoinette suffered a lit from the moment she stepped foot on French soil.
May she ever rest in peace

[dankbudew]

I was a huge fan of Rose of Versailles. It’s a pretty old anime from the 70s that depicts Marie Antoinette’s life before and after the French Revolution along with other characters either frictional or historical, the most popular one being Oscar. A woman who is the queen’s guard and main character. As the show progresses, we see Oscar torn between her loyalty to the Crown and her growing sympathies for the people as the Revolution draws near. I ended up feeling so sorry for everyone in the show, including Antoinette.

[ownblivion]

She was amazing and did not deserve that death and what they did to her little son, the torture, to force him to confirm an atrocious lie, but don't forget that at that time France was super unjust and unequal, to the extreme, the revolution was necessary, unfortunately the politicians were not better than the monarchs

[anitabarnes]

She only a little girl married off to the highest person and she was only queen for a few years and to lose all her children and huddy in a horrible way

[Leeknowwieee]

Learning to blame her in 9th grade and slowly trying to understand her situation is just💔

[foxyfunko]

R I P Dear lady! They dragged her name through the mud. Accused her of molesting her children. And then brainwashed the children and neglected them till they died. She had no true way of understanding the magnitude of the situation in France. She might have been Queen but she was sheltered and she even tried to understand her people by building a small farm house where she would spend time to gain a better understanding of life outside of the castle . She was so young and sheltered. And in the end she was buried with her head between her legs. That’s how they knew it was her body . When they finally decided to bury her with some dignity . The whole thing was a tragedy.

[AlejandraTheGreat]

The people were starving. She was the scapegoat

[miss.dazzle.]

I went to Versailles over Spring Break and everyone there actually respects Marie Antoinette. Our guide told us that she actually said “let them eat brioche” as she was willing to let the people eat food from the chateaux. It’s so sad how history has painted her as a villain when really, she was just a child who didn’t know what she was doing.

[aboodsart]

Marie Antoinette never deserved that reputation. She was a humble kind soul who was at the wrong place at the wrong time 😢

[Nightixx-the-clown]

As a french person, i can tell you that i learned how kind marie Antoinette was only this year... Months ago..
Here we learn that she was selfish, mean, eating all the money of the country and i can't count how many bad things we learn about her..
I feel ashamed for knowing all those things only now-

[MentalidaddeDelfin]

We must feel sorry for her. But also for the thousands of others executed during the revolution and the thousands of peasants who died for starving.

[lateriatenebris]

The thing is people always target the weak and fear strong. Same happened in her case.