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'''Maximilian I''' (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519), born '''Maximilian von Habsburg,''' was the Emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] from 1493 until his death.<br />
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Members of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] (disguised as condottieri) sent by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], brought Maximilian proof regarding [[Rodrigo Borgia]]'s hiring of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] commanders to form his [[Papal Guard]]. In light of this development, Maximilian became irate, as he was defeated by the Swiss in the {{Wiki|Swabian War}} of 1499. The emperor then used Swiss mercenaries, elite soldiers and several Assassins to form his own mercenary force, the {{Wiki|Landsknecht}}e.<br />
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]<br />
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[[Category:Assassin allies]]</div>200.163.109.106https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor&diff=369708Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor2015-11-12T05:28:32Z<p>200.163.109.106: </p>
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{{Quote|Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I's warfare experience has taught him the weaknesses of relying on foreign mercenary armies. We believe we have found a way to bribe him, to turn him against any allies he may have in Roma. Perhaps we can further divide the attention of our enemies.|The Assassins, regarding Maximilian I.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}<br />
'''Maximilian I''' (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519), born '''Maximilian von Habsburg''' was the Emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] from 1493 until his death.<br />
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Members of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] (disguised as condottieri) sent by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], brought Maximilian proof regarding [[Rodrigo Borgia]]'s hiring of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] commanders to form his [[Papal Guard]]. In light of this development, Maximilian became irate, as he was defeated by the Swiss in the {{Wiki|Swabian War}} of 1499. The emperor then used Swiss mercenaries, elite soldiers and several Assassins to form his own mercenary force, the {{Wiki|Landsknecht}}e.<br />
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==Reference==<br />
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]<br />
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[[Category:Assassin allies]]</div>200.163.109.106https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Marie_Antoinette&diff=363199Marie Antoinette2015-11-12T05:03:14Z<p>200.163.109.106: </p>
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|image = ACU Marie Antoinette Render.png<br />
|birth = 2 November 1755<br>[[Vienna]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]<br />
|death = 16 October 1793 (aged 37)<br>[[Paris]], [[France|French Republic]]<br />
|affiliates = [[House of Bourbon]]<br>Kingdom of France<br />
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''<br />
|voice = [[Melissa Robertson]]}}<br />
'''Marie Antoinette of Austria''' (born '''Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen '''; 1755 – 1793) was the wife of [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] and Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]] from 1774 to 1792. Hated by the [[France|French]] people and imprisoned during the [[French Revolution]], she was guillotined in 1793.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life and reign===<br />
Marie Antoinette was born in 1755 to [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Empress]] {{Wiki|Maria Theresa}}. In 1770, she married Dauphin Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI. During a fireworks display on their wedding day, official figures state that 132 people were trampled to death in a stampede. In 1774, [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] died, leaving Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as King and Queen of France. Seven years into their marriage, Marie Antoinette and Louis provided France with an heir, having long been ridiculed by the French people for failing to do so.<br />
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After becoming Queen, Marie Antoinette took on [[Rose Bertin]], who she had met in 1772, as a fashion advisor. Bertin became known as the Queen's "minister of fashion", assisting her in transforming the dress code of [[Versailles]]. Dresses were simplified, especially through eschewing the cumbersome panniers, allowing women greater freedom of movement. On special occasions, she would play the tune to [[Ça Ira]], which she was especially fond of, on the harpsichord.<br />
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Shortly into her reign, Marie Antoinette had by many accounts become the most hated woman in France. Described as "petty, frivolous, mocking", she hosted large parties and spent money lavishly. Her mother claimed that "she [was] rushing toward her ruin". The population regarded Marie Antoinette with suspicion, and gossip accused her of being too influential in Louis' decisions. With France's economy in tatters after the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the excessive spending of nobles such as Marie Antoinette herself, the French people grew increasingly discontent with the monarchy.<br />
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===Outbreak of the revolution===<br />
[[File:Women's March 4.png|thumb|250px|Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Versailles]]<br />
In the spring of 1789, Marie Antoinette encouraged Louis towards a wavering and contradictory policy. She opposed reform of France's economy and played a vital part in the dismissal of finance minister [[Jacques Necker]]. As the French Revolution broke out, Marie Antoinette believed that foreign intervention would preserve the monarchy. Around this time, her son, the {{Wiki|Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France|Dauphin Louis Joseph}}, died of tuberculosis. Following [[Théroigne de Méricourt]]'s [[Women's March on Versailles|march on Versailles]], Louis and his family were forced to move to the [[Tuileries Palace]] in [[Paris]]. There, Marie Antoinette asked a magician to protect her from a [[Johannes Metzger|ghost]] that supposedly lived there.<br />
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Refusing to accept support from the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] and the [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Comte de Mirabeau]], Marie Antoinette continued pressing on with a plan for escape. In 1791, she, Louis and their family attempted to escape Paris in the [[flight to Varennes]], intending to initiate a counter-revolution. They were soon arrested however, and returned to the Tuileries. Fearing intervention from neighbouring monarchies, revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries on [[10 August]] the following year. As the royal family took refuge with the [[Legislative Assembly]], the French monarchy was dissolved and they were imprisoned in the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]].<br />
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===Imprisonment and death===<br />
While Louis was executed for treason on 21 January 1793, Marie Antoinette was moved to the [[Conciergerie]] on 1 August that year. During her imprisonment, she plotted with Mirabeau's friends to escape as part of the Carnation Plot. Receiving a secret message hidden inside the petals of a carnation, she pin-pricked her response into a piece of paper.<br />
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The gendarme [[Jean Gilbert]] was then supposed to bring the message to Marie Antoinette's allies outside the prison, in return for 400 louis, a sum equivalent to three years' pay. Much to the annoyance of public prosecutor [[Antoine Fouquier-Tinville]], several of her captors felt compassion for her, some even bringing her flowers.<br />
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However, Gilbert was secretly a [[Templars|Templar]] agent, and revealed the plot, ending any hopes of survival for the Queen. She was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October. On 16 October, she was sentenced to death for high treason, being [[guillotine]]d later that day. Following Marie Antoinette's death, [[Marie Tussaud]] created a wax sculpture of her head.<br />
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MarieAntoinettePortrait.jpg|A portrait of Marie Antoinette<br />
Women's March 5.png|Marie Antoinette accepting a drink<br />
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