Bizarre yet Remarkable Facts about Marie Antoinette #shorts #shortsfeed #shortvideo

Bizarre yet Remarkable Facts about Marie Antoinette #shorts #shortsfeed #shortvideo

Believe it or not, she was all about gender-bending fashion. She'd rock male clothing and do things like hunting and horseback riding – stuff not typically considered "queenly."

She had this bizarre hamlet on the Palace of Versailles grounds called "Le Petit Trianon." It was basically a glorified play-farm with fake cows and all. She'd pretend to be a shepherdess. Yeah, you read that right!

Her marriage to King Louis XVI was rocky, and people gossiped about her having affairs. These rumors certainly didn't endear her to the French public. She had secret pen-pals, like the Swedish count Axel von Fersen. Her clandestine correspondences got her into hot water once they were uncovered.

After she was executed, folks were convinced she faked her death.

The macabre touch? Her heart was supposedly plucked out and mummified after she died. It passed through many hands and even got auctioned off at some point.