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What were the famous last words from Marie Antoinette?

Question #60094. Asked by stina_girl1.

UT-7
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UT-7

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Queen of France,Marie Antoinette's final words before being executed by guillotine were spoken to the executioner "Monsieur, I beg your pardon."

Oct 20 2005, 9:08 AM
UT-7
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UT-7

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"Pardonnez-moi, monsieur."

Oct 20 2005, 9:42 AM
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lanfranco
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lanfranco
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"Pardon, monsieur, je ne l'ai pas fait expres." (There should be an accent grave on the final "e" in the last word.)

It meant, "Excuse me, sir, I did not mean to do it." She had accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot.

Oct 20 2005, 10:04 AM
Priscilla9
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Priscilla9
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Well, UT-7 was in fact correct. These were her famous words, as they are the only ones any of us seem to know. Silly mood... :)

The reason why she said that was because she accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot. In my opinion, it was all in good sense to apologize, for he was the one with the guillotine, and probably would have otherwise taken great offence. That would not have been very good in her case.

Oct 21 2005, 2:14 PM
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lanfranco
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lanfranco
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Well, I suppose you might be referring to her words to the priest, who had told her to have courage. The translations are varied, but according to this site, she said, "Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me."

However, these words, assuming they were spoken, are not particularly famous. The words to the executioner whose foot Marie-Antoinette had trod upon, are. As I said in my earlier post, those words were, "Excuse me, sir, I did not mean to do it."

For the more eloquent quotation, see the "execution" section on this site:

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette

Oct 21 2005, 3:45 PM
peasypod
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peasypod
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Last words are last words, famous or not. (And it seems moments before being beheaded would be pretty darn final...) ;)

It can be answered in a number of ways as has been shown and pointed out by Frankie, but perhaps stina is looking for this:

link http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/famous-last-words/5-famous%20last%20words.htm

Oct 21 2005, 5:33 PM
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lanfranco
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lanfranco
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I'd say it's pretty clear that no one knows precisely what her last words were.

David may have heard them, but the sketch was apparently more important than the words.

Oct 21 2005, 6:35 PM
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