Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution, was born in:

Marie Antoinette was born on 2 November 1755 in Vienna, Austria (then the capital of the Habsburg monarchy).

About Marie Antoinette:

• She was born as Archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, the fifteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.
• In 1770, at the age of 14, she married Louis-Auguste, the heir to the French throne, as part of a diplomatic alliance between Austria and France.
• Her husband became King Louis XVI in 1774, and she became Queen of France.

She was unpopular among the French people, who saw her as extravagant and a symbol of the luxury of the royal court at Versailles. She was nicknamed "Madame Deficit" and was disliked as a foreigner ("l'Autrichienne", the Austrian woman).

The famous phrase "Let them eat cake" ("Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"), said to be her reply when told that the poor had no bread, is almost certainly falsely attributed to her; there is no evidence she said it.

She was involved in the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" (1785), a scandal that damaged her reputation, although she was innocent.

The French Revolution:

• It began in 1789; the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 is celebrated as France's national day ("Bastille Day").
• In 1791, the royal family tried to escape from Paris but was caught at Varennes ("Flight to Varennes").
• The monarchy was abolished in September 1792, and France became a republic.
• Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793.
• Marie Antoinette was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793.

The Revolution's slogan was "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" ("Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite"), which is now France's national motto. The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in India's Preamble were inspired by the French Revolution.

The "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen" was adopted in August 1789.

Other events:

• The "Reign of Terror" (1793-94), led by Maximilien Robespierre.
• Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power in 1799 and crowned himself Emperor in 1804.

Why not the other options?

• ✗France was where she became queen, but she was not born there.
• ✗Spain was ruled by the Bourbon family, but she was not Spanish.
• ✗Prussia was a rival of Austria.