It was on this date in 1770 that the woman who would be known for her rash statement “Let them eat cake” was married. Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette married 15-year-old Louis, the future king of France. Unfortunately, she only lived to be 23 due to the impending French Revolution. There was no real love between them since they married for purely political reasons. I had no idea they were so young when they married.
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