Marie Antoinette
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Maria Antonia was born on [[All Souls' Day]], a [[Catholic]] day of mourning, and during her childhood her birthday was instead celebrated the day before, on [[All Saints' Day]], due to the connotations of the date. Shortly after her birth she was placed under the care of the governess of the imperial children, Countess von Brandeis.{{cite book|first=Marie Célestine Amélie|last=de Ségur d'Armaillé |author-link=Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé |title=Marie-Thérèse et Marie-Antoinette|publisher=[[Editions Didier Millet]]|date=1870|location=Paris, France|pages=34, 47}} Maria Antonia was raised together with her sister, [[Maria Carolina of Austria|Maria Carolina]], who was three years older and with whom she had a lifelong close relationship.{{Harvnb|Lever|2006|p=10}} Maria Antonia had a difficult but ultimately loving relationship with her mother,{{Harvnb|Fraser|2001|pp=22–23, 166–70}} who referred to her as "the little Madame Antoine". |
Maria Antonia was born on [[All Souls' Day]], a [[Catholic]] day of mourning, and during her childhood her birthday was instead celebrated the day before, on [[All Saints' Day]], due to the connotations of the date. Shortly after her birth she was placed under the care of the governess of the imperial children, Countess von Brandeis.{{cite book|first=Marie Célestine Amélie|last=de Ségur d'Armaillé |author-link=Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé |title=Marie-Thérèse et Marie-Antoinette|publisher=[[Editions Didier Millet]]|date=1870|location=Paris, France|pages=34, 47}} Maria Antonia was raised together with her sister, [[Maria Carolina of Austria|Maria Carolina]], who was three years older and with whom she had a lifelong close relationship.{{Harvnb|Lever|2006|p=10}} Maria Antonia had a difficult but ultimately loving relationship with her mother,{{Harvnb|Fraser|2001|pp=22–23, 166–70}} who referred to her as "the little Madame Antoine". |
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Maria Antonia spent her formative years between the Hofburg Palace and [[Schönbrunn Palace|Schönbrunn]], the imperial summer residence in Vienna, where on 13 October 1762, when she was seven, she met [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], |
Maria Antonia spent her formative years between the Hofburg Palace and [[Schönbrunn Palace|Schönbrunn]], the imperial summer residence in Vienna, where on 13 October 1762, when she was seven, she met [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], two months her junior and a child prodigy.{{cite book|first=Philippe|last=Delorme|author-link=Philippe Delorme|title=Marie-Antoinette. Épouse de Louis XVI, mère de Louis XVII|publisher=Pygmalion Éditions|date=1999|page=13}}{{cite book|first=Évelyne|last=Lever|author-link=Évelyne Lever|title='C'état Marie-Antoinette|publisher=[[Fayard]]|location=Paris, France|date=2006|page=14|ref=none}} Despite the private tutoring she received, the results of her schooling were less than satisfactory.{{Harvnb|Cronin|1989|p=45}} At age 10 she could not write correctly in German or in any language commonly used at court, such as French or Italian, and conversations with her were stilted.{{Harvnb|Fraser|2002|pp=32–33}} Under the teaching of [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], Maria Antonia developed into a good musician. She learned to play the [[harp]], the [[harpsichord]] and the [[flute]]. She sang during the family's evening gatherings, as she was known to have had a beautiful voice.{{Harvnb|Cronin|1989|p=46}} She also excelled at dancing, had "exquisite" poise, and loved dolls.{{harvnb|Weber|2007|pp=13–14}} |
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[[File:Meister der Erzherzoginnen-Porträt - Erzherzogin Maria Antonia.jpg|thumb|Portrait by [[Martin van Meytens]], {{circa}} 1767–1768]] |
[[File:Meister der Erzherzoginnen-Porträt - Erzherzogin Maria Antonia.jpg|thumb|Portrait by [[Martin van Meytens]], {{circa}} 1767–1768]] |
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