How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis-Auguste?

May 16 - 1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.

Marie Antoinette was only 14 years old when she married 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, the future Louis XVI. To seal the newfound alliance between longtime enemies Austria and France that had been forged by the Seven Years' War, the Austrian monarchs offered the hand of their youngest daughter to the heir apparent to the French throne, Dauphin Louis-Auguste. On May 7, 1770, the 14-year-old royal bride was delivered to the French on an island in the middle of the Rhine River, and a grand procession escorted the archduchess to the Palace of Versailles. The day after Marie Antoinette met the 15-year-old future king of France, the two were wed in a lavish palace ceremony.

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eugene wilson

back then it wasn't unheard of for girls to be married at 10 or at least have their marriage arranged and date set, usually to a much older man, Marie Antoinette got lucky that her husband was only a year older.

Paul Kelly

Good grief Larry Lane, he was only 15 at the time, and the marriage was arranged to stop a war. Get your mind of the gutter!

Kat Frederick

Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat Cake"! There is no evidence that Marie Antoinette ever uttered that famous quip. The phrase used to encapsulate the out-of-touch and indifferent royals first appeared years before Marie Antoinette ever arrived in France in philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s description of Marie-Therese, the Spanish princess who married King Louis XIV in 1660. The remark was also ascribed to two aunts of Louis XVI before it was apocryphally tied to Marie Antoinette.

Kirk Yates

Back then, when a woman was 'old enough to bleed (menstruate) she wasold enough to breed', just saying. Check your ages for Romeo and Juliet, the Italian originals.

Chris Brown

I learned about her in my studying the 1789 French Revolution many years ago.

Judith Chandler

I am glad 10 was not the answer, but 14, although past puberty, is still too young.

Cujo

Yes, but she had the body of a ten year old. That joke was a lot funnier in prehistoric times.

Chrissie

Dean Mixon, however Marie-Antoinette was killed by guillotine when she was just 33.

Richard babbitt

Good job

Donna Smith

I got the correct answer WAY TO FLOPPING YOUNG

Cheryl McMeekin

Got it from seeing the movie about her.

Joanne Serin

Kirk Yates, but they married in secret and died within a few days.

Joanne Serin

Kat Frederick, she actually said,"Let them eat crumbs," as the poor people had no bread. But they had to pay taxes for Marie's extravagant lifestyle.

littledick

Guessing streak gone. Knew it was most likely young, so it should have been an easy guess - the only young ages were 10 and 14 and I chose 10.

earlepg

Knew that it was young but 10 seemed to be too young.

Diane Lynn Kinsman

Had to 14 not that young. Saw a grave stone girl died in child birth, age 12. Husband was 37 when they married. Year and 1/2 later his 13 yr old wife died in child birth. That guy had a problem..married kids. Got it right

dsneed

tesla alset, 👍

dsneed

Looking at the picture and with a reasonable knowledge of history I chose 14. Considering the next choice up was I believe 24 (?) which is way too old. Yay me.

Teri Gallagan-Horning

For everyone shouting child abuse...remember the times. Back in that era, people did not live much beyond the age of 40 or 50, so marriage at an extremely young age was common.

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