Marie-Thérèse was the only one of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s four children to survive the French ... After Marie Antoinette’s Death, Her Daughter Became Queen—For Just 20 Minutes.

As the monarchy fell, Marie Antoinette again turned to fashion. Her newly commissioned wardrobe of purple, green and white was quickly labeled counterrevolutionary, Weber said.

Nine months later, Marie Antoinette followed him to the scaffold, transported in an open cart through crowds eager for the death of the “Austrian she-wolf,” a “monster who needed to slake ...