Marie Antoinette was one of France's most famous queens. She was born on November 2, 1775 (Fraser, 2001) and was the fifth child of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria. Marie Antoinette married her first cousin, Louis XVI, when she was fourteen. Her actions as Queen of France helped ignite the flames of the French Revolution. The political and social issues that led to the French Revolution also led to the death of Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette was not very popular with the French public for several reasons. The public considered Antoinette a foreigner because she was not born in France. The French public believed that Marie Antoinette had always influenced Louis XVI. She had very little political power as queen, her Marie Antoinette often went to operas, threw parties at Versailles and performed while the French public starved. Antoinette wore the latest and most expensive fashions while the French were very poor. Marie Antoinette was one of the most controversial figures in France, mainly because of the French's opinion of her. French public opinion towards him led to his death. One of the most significant scandals that ruined Marie Antoinette's already crippled reputation and contributed to her death was the Diamond Necklace Affair. A con artist known as Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, or Jeanne de la Motte, created a plan to give herself wealth and power. Motte was the mistress of Cardinal de Rohan, a former ambassador, who spread rumors about Marie-Antoinette's mother, Marie-Thérèse. Rohan sought to become one of Louis XVI's ministers. He needed to regain confidence in Marie-Antoinette. Rohan sent letters to Marie-Antoinette, Motte responded to the letters pretending to be Antoinette. He believed that Marie Antoinette was in love with him and wanted to meet her. On the evening of August 11, before the French Revolution of 1789, France was on the brink of a political revolution. French monarchs enjoyed luxurious lives and ultimate power, while the majority of the French public did not enjoy the same benefits as those of the monarchy. The Seven Years' War between England and France from 1756 to 1764 (Rana, 2015) resulted in a heavy debt for France, which achieved little in a costly war. After the Seven Years' War, Louis XVI succeeded Louis public does not support. . The political problems that caused the French Revolution in 1789 also ended Marie's life