16 maio 1770 ano - Louis 16th and Marie Antionette married

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Louis: age 15

Marie Antionette: age 14

his second cousin once removed

daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor

hostility from the French public.

France's alliance with Austria had pulled the country into the disastrous Seven Years' War
in which it was defeated by the British

MA seen as "unwelcome foreigner"

For the young couple, the marriage was initially amiable but distant.

failed to consummate union until 1777.

Over time, the couple became closer

No children = strain upon their marriage

publication of obscene pamphlets (libelles) mocking their infertility.

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