Marie-Antoinette - Episode Guide

Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when forced to leave Austria to marry Louis, the Dauphin of France. She must deliver an heir in order to secure an alliance between the two nations, but she is unprepared for the royal family that awaits her.

When Louis refuses to share his bed with her, Marie-Antoinette realizes that it will be more complicated than she imagined to bear the Bourbon heir. She turns to madame du Barry to get some help. But the favourite starts to perceive the Dauphine as a rival.

The royal family spends some holidays in Fontainebleau. Marie-Antoinette learns about du Barry's plan, who looks for a fiancée for Provence. Will the second pretender to the throne of France be able to birth the Bourbon heir before Louis and Marie-Antoinette perform their duty?

Marie-Antoinette and Louis are about to make their first official visit in Paris. Everything changes when the King falls gravely ill: succession to the throne suddenly becomes a concrete reality. On her side, Du Barry knows she must protect herself from the future Queen of France, or be subject to see her days numbered in Versailles.

Louis may be King, but Marie-Antoinette is determined to inaugurate her reign as Queen of France. First step: organize a sumptuous inauguration ball, and convince Louis to choose the pro-Austrian candidate whom she defends as Prime Minister. When Louis refuses to let his Austrian wife get involved in French politics, a chill sets in in their marriage.

Against all expectations, it is Joseph, Marie-Antoinette's brother, who goes to Versailles to save the royal wedding. It doesn't take long for him to realize that he has his work cut out for him if he wants to unite this struggling couple. Time is running out to save the Franco-Austrian alliance.

Marie-Antoinette is finally pregnant! But his reputation is attacked when pornographic pamphlets spread to the Court of Versailles, challenging the legitimacy of the unborn child. Louis locks the castle and demands a thorough investigation in order to unmask the plotting traitors.

Louis gains confidence in his role as King. He now supports the American Revolutionary War. Marie-Antoinette spent her time at the Petit Trianon where she fell in love with a familiar face: Count Axel von Fersen.

Marie Antoinette and Louis prove to be compassionate and capable rulers with modern ideas about rewarding talent over inherited privilege. But enemies are everywhere.

Marie Antoinette's risky love affair with Fersen resumes when they get a role in a production of "The Marriage of Figaro."

When Marie Antoinette takes steps to protect herself and her unborn child, she inadvertently reinforces the perception that she is an upper-class figure who spends money while Paris starves.

Marie Antoinette decides to overhaul her public image, and the king and queen both experience happiness as they each get a taste of "ordinary" life.

When Marie Antoinette becomes involved in the theft of the diamond necklace, she is determined to prove her innocence and punish those responsible.

As Rohan and Jeanne are put on trial, events quickly spiral out of control for Marie Antoinette and Louis.

Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief when her daughter Sophie is unhappy and she is blackmailed for stolen love letters to Fersen.

Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis' rule despite a personal tragedy and the relentless march of the people's revolution.