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A queen at 19, Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna, Austria on November 2nd, 1755 to the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Habsburg empress Maria Theresa (History.com). To preserve the alliance between Austria and France, Marie Antoinette married Louis Auguste in 1770. When his father died in 1774, Louis became King Louis XVI, making Marie the new queen of France (Bio.com). However, by meddling in political affairs, spending extreme amounts of money, and acting in ways that went against the ideals of a French monarch, Marie Antoinette was a bad queen for France. In 18th century France, the sole duty of the queen was to produce a male heir (PBS.com). However, due to the pleas of Marie Antoinette s family, she began to attend government meetings ....