What factors cost Marie Antoinette support?

**Her extravagant lifestyle and being a foreigner. **
Marie Antoinette was notoriously self-indulgent. She spent tons of French money on dresses, parties, and trinket items. She did this while her husband, Louis XVI (16), raised taxes and continued to send France into extreme poverty among the lower classes.
Marie Antoinette was a queen of a political arrangement between France and Austria. She was greatly distrusted as an outsider and was not liked by the French people. She didn't help her situation by living isolated from the people and rarely leaving the palace.

Answered by MsEleanor | 2024-06-11

Marie Antoinette lost support due to her lavish lifestyle during a time of financial distress in France, her foreign origins as an Austrian princess, and her perceived influence over the weak King Louis XVI. The public’s growing resentment toward her and the monarchy contributed to the revolutionary fervor that ultimately led to her execution. These factors highlighted the disconnect between the royal family and the suffering of the French people.
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Answered by MsEleanor | 2025-01-21