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Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.
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Marie Antoinette
Queen of France from 1774 to 1792
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the wife of Louis XVI. Born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, she was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis XVI
King of France from 1774 to 1792
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette. He became King…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Proxy marriage
Wedding when one not physically present
A proxy wedding or proxy marriage is a wedding in which one or both of the individuals being united are not physically present, usually being represented instead by other persons (proxies). If both partners are absent, this is known as a double proxy wedding.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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