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Facial Reconstructions of Marie Antoinette from her Death Mask & History Documentary | Royalty Now

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Marie's is a story of a charmed life and tragic death. What was her childhood like? How was her life with Louis XVI at Versailles and what caused her eventual downfall? And of course, what did she really look like? Join us as we tell her story and reveal facial reconstructions with influences from portraits as well as the death mask of the ill-fated Last Queen of France.

Narration & Art: Becca Segovia
Writing, Editing & Music Direction: Andre Segovia

0:00 Introduction
0:17 Early Life
2:39 Transition to France
4:29 Life in France Begins
5:49 Queen of France
7:32 Outside the Palace Walls: The Third Estate
9:03 An Unpopular Queen
11:25 The Revolution Begins
14:13 Trials & Executions
16:14 What did Marie Antoinette Look Like?
18:13 Recreations Revealed

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Research sources:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/...
https://lithub.com/on-the-precocious-...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
https://www.livescience.com/let-the-e...
https://www.historyextra.com/period/g...
https://www.biography.com/royalty/mar...
https://www.history.com/topics/france...
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/disco...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
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https://www.ranker.com/list/french-co...
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Death Mask sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tr....
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
https://historycollection.com/unmaski...
http://rodama1789.blogspot.com/2014/0...

20 Comments

@RoyaltyNowStudios Creator 3 years ago Pinned

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@shadycatz85 4 years ago

one thing this misses is that marie tried to help the poor. even with her poor education, especially on economics and politics, she would listen to what the people were saying, established charities, donated generously, tried to create more well paying jobs, tried to make sure single mothers and their children were cared for, etc. she was a scapegoat forced into a doomed role.

@Goralyna123 4 years ago

Even from her death mask, you can see she was quite beautiful. I read a wonderful biography of her that was based on the weekly letters she wrote to her mother. It gave an incredible insight into court manoeuvrings and the prejudice and jealousy she faced. She and Louis were quite simple people, and highly unsuited to the role they were expected to play. A truly tragic story.

@carolweideman1905 4 years ago

I saw her death mask many years ago and thought she was really prettier than her portraits. Your recreation using the combination of her death mask and portraits say it all. She was really very beautiful.

@E.Bonnici 2 years ago (edited)

Pardon me sir, I did not do it on purpose. This last phrase said by someone who should be shaking and crying in horror, when facing the bloodied blade on the scaffold, does not stop me from admiring this historic personality. What courage!

@laurieallen8040 3 years ago

I have always felt her execution was such an unnecessary meanness. She always struck me as quite lovely. Your reconstruction is wonderful.

@ErenJaegerDidNothingWrong 3 years ago

It’s so sad that no one really remembers all of the good things Marie Antoinette tried to do as Queen of France.

@marthaclark9160 4 years ago

I have always felt sorry for Marie and Louis…. He wished to be a locksmith and who was shy and sweet, but also sadly unable to be a strong king. Marie was sent to France to be a kind compliant Queen to live forever away from her home and family. They were sweet children who were in no way prepared to rule a nation beggared by their prior monarchs. 👑✨😢✨👑

@Tinyfangs-xyz 1 year ago

In school I chose her to research and deliver a presentation on, and I was heartbroken to find her true story. So utterly tragic. She had a good heart in an evil world surrounding her, same as her husband. Kind simple people that in no shape or form deserved the suffering that was bestowed upon them.

@kepckatherinec805 3 years ago

Given this recreation, I’d say Marie would be considered a beauty in every era.

@KoongYe 4 years ago

I feel really sad when I think about her. She didn't have the worst life, but she definitely didn't deserve the end she faced. Goes to show how toxic mob mentality can get.

@crazygamer_1082 4 years ago

I want everyone to know there is a “condition” that’s named after Marie called ”Marie Antoinette Syndrome” (or close to it) that is said to occur under extreme stress of both body and mind where your hair goes completely stark white/grey. This happened to her while she was imprisoned. Largely due to the rumors and horrors spread regarding falsities about neglect/s*xual abuse she did to her son (which were in no way true) that her son was forced to confirm under duress. Which I thought was horrific when I found out because she loved her kids and sucked that she was tormented to such a degree.

@annemarielouvigny4698 11 months ago

“ let’s them eat cakes !?” Marie Antoinette never said such thing. That has been invented.

@thelovelylindsey 2 years ago (edited)

Way back when, 10+ yrs ago, I was in 8th grade, we had to do a project on a famous villain in my GT class. I remember choosing Marie because I thought it would be fun to reverse the assignment on them. She is famously villainized by history when in reality, she was a victim of propaganda and slander. I just wanted to say that your video is literally everything I wanted my PowerPoint to be and more 😭 It’s so thorough and presents her as a human being instead of an abstract motif of self-indulgence and ignorant bliss that I think a lot of people envision.

@spiritcat77 4 years ago

There was no doubt she loved her children and what happened to her son Louis-Charles is heartbreaking. I can't imagine her suffering when they took him away and she could hear him crying out for her. And then to hear from her young son his accusations of sexual abuse by her and his aunt. Unimaginable.

@pammccutcheon9648 4 years ago

The historical research you do is amazing. But the art work you do is always impeccable. It made me see Marie as a completely different person than what I was told in our history books.

@annikamarilyn 1 year ago (edited)

She had such a sweet doll-like and kind face. It’s devastating what happened to her and the poor girl didn’t deserve it. I just hope her soul is at peace now. ❤

@noncrediblecase341 4 years ago

I remember one of the first things I learned about Marie Antoinette in high school was that she was described as wide-eyed and pretty. I saw the paintings and while I did think she looked relatively beautiful it's difficult to really determine that from a painting.

I didn't expect her to look so lovely, and to look exactly as wide-eyed and pretty as I imagined. If she was as sweet and compassionate as she was described, she'd melt just about anyone's heart.

@QueTalMiAmigo 4 years ago (edited)

Proof that she was a beautiful woman. She fascinates the hell out of me!!!! I have at least four biographies about her. I think she was vastly misunderstood. She made many mistakes but I don't consider her a villain at all. I consider her a victim of the times.

@harley_lotus_flower2349 4 years ago

If you haven’t yet You should recreate Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s 4th wife next. She’s known as the ugliest wife of his, but in the portraits she doesn’t look ugly to me. I’ve always been curious as to what she actually looked like and if Henry was just insane and very judgmental about her appearance.