Who Was Alive

Were Marie Antoinette and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Marie Antoinette and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1769 to 1793.

Marie Antoinette was 13 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 24 when Marie Antoinette died, aged 37.

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

Born 2 November 1755 · died 16 October 1793, aged 37

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Marie Antoinette
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.