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1.04 Post Necker, Pre Chaos

French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)

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Introducing the Lovely Marie Antoinette

Many in france would blame the defeat of the seven years war, not only on the unpopular king louis the fifteenth, but also on his unpopular alliance with france's ancestral enemy and historical rival, austria. And it was this hated austrian alliance which would produce the soon be hated austrian queen, marie antoinette. The young girl was destined to help solidify the franco austrian alliance, but also the new french golden age as well. But she struggled to fulfil that obligation for some time before finally telling her mother: 'I think our marriage has been consummated'

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