History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Did Marie Antoinette say "Let them eat cake"? No

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Did Marie Antoinette say "Let them eat cake"? No

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Did Marie Antoinette say "Let them eat cake"? No | Factuos

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False: Rousseau wrote the brioche line about an unnamed princess while Marie Antoinette was a child in Vienna. Where the quote came from and why it stuck.

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