During the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette was nicknamed "the Austrian" by her detractors. However, through her father François of Lorraine, she was just as much Lorraine as Austrian.

Discover in this video why Marie-Antoinette could have been nicknamed "the Lorraine" and learn more about her Lorraine heritage through her father François of Lorraine.


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Discover History of Marie-Antoinette Queen of France by J.-J.-E. Roy, a complete biography of the last queen of France.

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