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Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she leaves Austria to marry the Dauphin of France. At Versailles, under the complex rules of the French court, she suffers from not being able to live her life the way she wants, under pressure to continue the Bourbon line and secure the Franco-Austrian alliance.

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'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 7

Provence worries that his position at court is slipping away when Marie Antoinette becomes pregnant. But a defamatory pamphlet throws…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 6

Marie Antoinette's brother Joseph, the Habsburg emperor, comes to France to help salvage Antoinette's marriage—and thus herself, and…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 5

Now that her husband is king, Marie Antoinette is asserting herself at court with her own villa, a ball, and a preferred candidate for…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 4

Louis-Auguste and Marie Antoinette are to make their first official trip to Paris, but an outbreak of illness in the king threatens…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 3

The king begins to take an interest in Marie Antoinette and hates being caught in the middle of her rivalry with Madame du Barry, as…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 2

Marie Antoinette is beginning to be enmeshed in the rivalries of Versailles, including that between the wily Madame du Barry, who has…

'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 1

The fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette is sent away from home to marry an equally young heir to the French throne in order to cement an…