Thomas Jefferson characterized her as an aloof stubborn person who’s choices brought herself to the guillotine. I wouldn’t say sympathetic, but pandered in hopes of avoiding harm to her and her immediate family, but without giving an actual shit about the country.
The “Let them eat cake” was a political slander. IIRC she was actually quite sympathetic, but the revolution needed fuel.
It was actually completely unrelated to the revolution. Voltaire was dead for a decade by the time the whole thing kicked off.
Thomas Jefferson characterized her as an aloof stubborn person who’s choices brought herself to the guillotine. I wouldn’t say sympathetic, but pandered in hopes of avoiding harm to her and her immediate family, but without giving an actual shit about the country.