26 Dez 1789 Jahr - Marie Antoinette -married to king louis XVI at age 15 -was the last queen of France who helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. -Marie Antoinette was beheaded nine months after her husband by order of the Revolutionary tribunal. She was 37 years old. -She became a symbol of the excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote "Let them eat cake," although there is no evidence she actually said it. -she beca (Band der Zeit)