Archduchess of Austria and Queen of FranceThe future Queen of France was born on 2 November 1755, All Souls' Day, in Vienna as the youngest daughter of Maria Theresa and Emperor Franz Stephen. She was baptized with the name Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna. A glorious future seemed to await the little Archduchess. Not only would she grow up in the bosom of a large and loving family, but her mother from the beginning intended to marry her youngest daughter to the glittering Crown of France. The traditional Habsburg marriage policy would have ensured his beloved daughter a brilliant position and would have helped ensure the peace and stability of Europe. In light of these intentions, it is surprising that more attention was not paid to the education of the young Archduchess, especially since Maria Antonia demonstrated little ability or propensity to concentrate, nor great desire to apply herself to her studies. Only music was able to arouse moderate interest in the young princess. Here he demonstrated a certain talent and even played a duet with the young Mozart in Schönbrunn Palace. In 1769 the long-awaited news arrived from Versailles. After tedious and long negotiations, King Louis XV had asked for the hand of Archduchess Marie Antonia for his nephew and heir, the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. The 14-year-old girl, who had not been at all prepared for her new high rank, said goodbye to her mother and her family went to Vienna on 21 April 1770 and with an impressive wedding train began her fateful journey to the Kingdom of France. It sailed up the Danube and via Munich and Augsburg, stopping at Günzburg, Ulm and Freiburg in what was then still Austrian territory. On May 7th, near……middle of the sheet……XVI) again………I ask forgiveness from everyone I know for any harm I may have inadvertently caused them............. Goodbye, good, sweet sister......I embrace you with all my heart as well as the poor, dear children...."Mrs. Elisabeth never received the letter. In 1794 she followed Louis and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. At 10 am on on the morning of October 16, 1793, the "widow Capet" was taken from the Conciergerie prison where she had been detained during her trial and with her hands tied behind her, she was placed in the carriage for her final journey into this world, Marie Antoinette. archduchess of Austria and queen of France, went silently and courageously to her death A tragic end to a fateful journey that had begun so promisingly nearly a quarter of a century earlier -- with her wedding train from Vienna to Versailles in 1770. Marie Antoinette was not yet 38 years old.