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On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette, once Queen of France and symbol of royal excess, was executed by guillotine at Place de la Révolution. The lavish queen who had once worn gowns that could bankrupt a city now stood in a plain white shift, her hair crudely cut to expose her neck. The path from palace to scaffold was steep. Born an Austrian archduchess, married into the French Bourbon dynasty, she became infamous for extravagance—whether fairly or not. Her supposed words, “Let them eat cake,”