Marie Antoinette
THE ANSWER
"Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Marie-Antoinette dit « à la Rose » - Google Art Project" — Photo by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
The misunderstood queen of luxury and tragedy.
She lived a life of excess before meeting a sharp end. History has often painted her with a very specific, unearned reputation.
Explanation
Did you know?
She never actually uttered the infamous phrase about cake (in French); it was attributed to her to incite public hatred.
The 5 Clues
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“My arrival in a foreign court was met with immediate, quiet hostility.”
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“My preference for simple muslin dresses scandalised the nobility.”
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“I lost my head in the middle of a grand political shift.”
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“My name is eternally linked to a misattributed dessert-related quote.”
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“I was the final queen of France before the monarchy crumbled.”
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