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Suffering from an acute case of depression the king began to seek the advice of his wife. In her new role and with increasing political power, the queen tried to improve the awkward situation brewing between the assembly and the king. [119] This change of the queen's position signaled the end of the Polignacs' influence and their impact on the finances of the Crown. Evelyne Lever & Marie Antoinette 1991, p.124 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFEvelyne_LeverMarie_Antoinette1991 ( help) In 1782, after the governess of the royal children, the Princesse de Guéméné, went bankrupt and resigned, Marie Antoinette appointed her favourite, the Duchesse de Polignac, to the position. [78] This decision met with disapproval from the court as the duchess was considered to be of too modest origins to occupy such an exalted position. In contrast, both the king and the queen trusted Madame de Polignac completely, gave her a thirteen-room apartment in Versailles and paid her well. [79] The entire Polignac family benefited greatly from royal favour in titles and positions, but its sudden wealth and lavish lifestyle outraged most aristocratic families, who resented the Polignacs' dominance at court, and also fueled the increasing popular disapproval of Marie Antoinette, mostly in Paris. [80] De Mercy wrote to the empress: "It is almost unexampled that in so short a time, the royal favour should have brought such overwhelming advantages to a family". [81] Versailles, for all its decadence, was a very dirty place, filled with animals and excrement. Instead of cleaning their shoes, the royals and aristocrats would throw them out every few days.

Would the future Louis XVI marrying the Princess of Savoy rather than the Princess of Savoy have left France better or worse off? (Also, what would the King of France’s safe word have been and would Madame have listened when he used it?).Marie Antoinette is also known for her taste for fine things, and her commissions from famous craftsmen, such as Jean-Henri Riesener, suggest more about her enduring legacy as a woman of taste and patronage. For instance, a writing table attributed to Riesener, now located at Waddesdon Manor, bears witness to Marie Antoinette's desire to escape the oppressive formality of court life, when she decided to move the table from the queen's boudoir, de la Meridienne, at Versailles to her humble interior, the Petit Trianon. Her favourite objects filled her small, private chateau and reveal aspects of Marie Antoinette's character that have been obscured by satirical political prints, such as those in Les Tableaux de la Révolution. [219] She owned several instruments. [220] In 1788 she bought a piano made by Sébastien Érard. [221] Farr, Evelyn (2013). Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Untold Love Story (2nd Reviseded.). Peter Owen Publishers. ISBN 978-0720610017. It was not a popular decision that he made to send the French troops to fight with us in the American Revolution, because France was basically bankrupt and it was really expensive,” she says. On 24 May 1774, two weeks after the death of Louis XV, the king gave his wife the Petit Trianon, a small château on the grounds of Versailles that had been built by Louis XV for his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Louis XVI allowed Marie Antoinette to renovate it to suit her own tastes; soon rumours circulated that she had plastered the walls with gold and diamonds. [36] Romijn, André (2008). Vive Madame la Dauphine: A Biographical Novel. Ripon: Roman House. ISBN 978-0-9554100-2-4.

Lasky, Kathryn (2000). The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles: Austria-France, 1769. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-07666-1. Samuel, Henry (12 January 2016). "Marie-Antoinette's torrid affair with Swedish count revealed in decoded letters". The Daily Telegraph. The death of her older sister Maria Josepha from smallpox during the epidemic in Vienna in October 1767 made an everlasting impression on the young Maria Antonia. [16] Maria Antonia, in her later life, recalled the ailing Maria Josepha taking her in her arms. She told her that she would not be traveling to Naples to marry King Ferdinand IV of Naples, to whom she was betrothed, but for the family vault. [16]Fraser, Antonia (2002). Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2nded.). Garden City: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0-385-48949-2. Elyse: I had no idea it was going to be such a hit! It was fun taking pictures with everyone and I loved all the little kid’s reactions the best. I was very happy people liked it so much… it make all the long nights of work worth it! By the time of the Flour War of 1775, a series of riots (due to the high price of flour and bread) had damaged her reputation among the general public. Eventually, Marie Antoinette's reputation was no better than that of the favourites of previous kings. Many French people were beginning to blame her for the degrading economic situation, suggesting the country's inability to pay off its debt was the result of her wasting the crown's money. [40] In her correspondence, Marie Antoinette's mother, Maria Theresa, expressed concern over her daughter's spending habits, citing the civil unrest it was beginning to cause. [41] The first episode of Marie Antoinette (2022), the Canal+ series about the famous 18th-century French queen, has finally come to American shores. It’s already aired in France and on the BBC in the UK, but now PBS is showing it over here. Created and written by Deborah Davis, who wrote The Favourite (2018), the series attempts to show the real story in a specifically feminist lens. This is the first of three planned seasons, and you KNOW I needed to be all over it, given how much the 18th century and Marie Antoinette specifically is my jam. Fraser, Antonia, Marie Antoinette, The Journey, Anchor Books, USA, 2001, p. 257, ISBN 0-385-48949-8.

luizhadsen Paulnewton (24 September 2016), Marie Antoinette 2006 Full Movie, archived from the original on 1 March 2020 , retrieved 1 December 2016 .Elyse: I was watching the movie “Amadeus” one night and was inspired from the masquerade scene. As I did more and more research on that time period, I stumbled across Marie Antoinette. I loved everything about her so I new I had to do something along those lines. It turns out that Mozart actually played for Marie Antoinette and her family when he was a child, so it was exciting to know that the two were tied in history.