In addition, Marie Antoinette's brother, the Emperor Joseph, began making claims on the throne of Bavaria bbased/b upon his second marriage to the princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria. Marie Antoinette pleaded with her husband for the French to help b...../b As the Third bEstate/b declared itself a National Assembly and took the Tennis Court Oath, and as others listened to rumors that the queen wished to bathe in their blood, Marie Antoinette went into mourning for her eldest son. ...
