From the 18th to the 19th century, the European continent was not at peace. Austria and Prussia, which were also part of Germany, were opposed to each other, while France, as the "first military power in Europe", went to war with Prussia for decades. In order to contain the powerful Prussia, France began to seek political allies, and Austria was undoubtedly a very good choice.
In 1766, after consultation with the French royal family, he openly appealed to the Austrian royal family and asked the two royal families to conclude a family relationship. Austria gladly acceded to this request, and they also needed a strategic alliance to contain Prussia. In this way, the 11-year-old Austrian Princess Marie Antoinette was chosen as the fiancée of the Crown Prince of France, Louis Auguste de Bourbon (later Louis XVI).
Three years later, 14-year-old Marie set foot on the land of France and became the hostess of the land. Although she is the mother of the world, but she does not have the capital of the mother of the world, she is playful by nature, keen on dances, banquets, like to make friends, and like beautiful clothes.
Naturally, the royal family's expenses are to be counted on the national treasury. This put a lot of pressure on the treasury, which she used to decorate the garden, and the cost of hosting lavish balls came from the treasury, which she squandered. At this time in France, the bourgeoisie already had a tendency to rise, and the class contradictions in the country were very sharp, and the huge gap between the rich and the poor made the people at the bottom complain.
When word of Queen Mary's deeds was disseminated, the French people were furious, believing that it was Mary, the scourge, that had squandered the treasury and plunged the country into poverty. Some people think it's alarmist, it's a passage from the french people at the bottom, a dirty water thrown on Mary.
But in reality, Mary does spend money. At that time, there was a Lady Pollina, who was good at patting herself on the back, and even coaxing and deceiving mary to get a lot of benefits, such as various rewards. According to incomplete statistics, the French treasury spent up to 500,000 yuan a year on her family during Mary's favor for Madame Polina! At the price level at that time, it was definitely astronomical. Therefore, the folk title of Mary's "Deficit Queen" is not slandering her.
In fact, this was not enough for the people to send her to the guillotine, but Mary was on the verge of death. When the Bastille riots followed, the French feudal regime was crumbling. At such a tense time, Louis XVI did not know what to do, but Marie planned a path for him, Louis XVI felt that it was too risky, and did not implement it, and finally the feudal regime was overthrown, and Louis XVI and Queen Mary were monitored.
Mary, who was usually stubborn, suddenly stubborn at this time, actually wanted to restore the feudal King Bourbon Dynasty, and the means of restoration was to contact Austria and ask Austria to send troops to France to suppress the revolution. After the matter was exposed, the people were furious and took her to court, and in order to kill her, they fabricated various reasons, the most absurd of which was adultery with his own son.
After a court trial, Queen Mary was sentenced to death. In October 1793, she was sent to the guillotine and executed for "all sorts of unforgivable crimes," when her body, at the age of 38, was thrown into a mass grave and buried. There were many people who expressed sympathy for her, especially when she was sent to the guillotine, apologizing for stepping on the executioner's foot, which made countless people overflow with sympathy.
Although Hundreds of years have passed since Mary's story, the gossip and literature about her have remained uninterrupted. Her image is also ever-changing, sometimes as a mischievous, promiscuous queen, sometimes as a hero who saves France from danger. Dear readers, what do you think?