Marie Antoinette was one of the most famous queens of France. She was born on November 2, 1775 (Fraser, 2001) and was the fifteenth child of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria. Marie Antoinette married her second cousin, Louis XVI, when she was fourteen. Her actions while 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 well liked by the French public for multiple reasons. The public saw Antoinette as a foreigner because she was not born in France. The French public thought that Marie Antoinette had always influenced Louis XVI. She had very little political power as queen, her Marie Antoinette often attended operas, threw parties at Versailles, and gambled while the French public starved. Antoinette wore the latest and most expensive clothes while the people in France were very poor. Marie Antoinette was one of France's most controversial figures, largely because of the way the French viewed her. French public opinion about her consequently led to her death. One of the most significant scandals that ruined Marie Antoinette's already crippled reputation and helped lead 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 lover of Cardinal de Rohan, a former ambassador, who spread rumors about Marie Antoinette's mother, Maria Theresa. Rohan was trying to become one of Louis XVI's ministers. He needed to regain Marie Antoinette's trust. Rohan sent letters to Marie Antoinette, Motte responded to the letters by posing as 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 a life of luxury and supreme power, while most of the French public did not enjoy the same benefits of the monarchy. The Seven Years' War between England and France in 1756-1764 (Rana, 2015) caused France to fall significantly into debt, achieving little for a costly war. After the Seven Years' War, Louis XVI succeeded Louis favorable. . The political problems that caused the French Revolution in 1789 also ended Marie's life