Reviled toward the end of her life, Marie Antoinette has been revered in death. The enduring public obsession with France’s last Queen has only been fueled by the sensational nature of her death ...

“Let them eat cake,” said the hard-hearted Marie Antoinette when told that her subjects had no bread. Except she almost certainly did not. The much-despised queen, widely disliked in her own time, was ...

Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on October 16, 1793.

But there’s a twist—Marie Antoinette probably never said those words ... While not fully verified, historians attribute it to ...

MARIE ANTOINETTE—Katharine Anthony—Knopf ($3). Biographer Anthony takes no stock in the story that Marie Antoinette, when a hungry mob was clamoring for bread, asked with cruel naivete: “Why don’t ...

Few royal figures have fascinated the world quite like Marie Antoinette - the last Queen of France before the Revolution. Born on 2 November 1755 in Vienna, Austria, she was the fifteenth child of ...

Marie Antoinette Style at London’s V&A feels like a private audience with the ill-fated royal.

Eight priceless jewels were stolen from the Louvre Museum on Sunday, October 19, but one $60 million gem was notably left ...

A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on sale ...