translate English to German: Madame du Barry , whose influence over Louis XV of France was at that time supreme, formed the centre of a powerful anti-Choiseul cabal, which succeeded in less than a year after the Dauphin's marriage in bringing about the fall of Choiseul and seriously threatening the stability of the Austrian alliance. Thus the young princess was surrounded by enemies both at court and in the Dauphin's household, and came to rely almost entirely upon the Austrian ambassador, the Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, whom Maria Theresa had instructed to act as her mentor, at the same time arranging that she herself should be kept informed of all that concerned her daughter, so that she might at once advise her and safeguard the alliance.
Sie wurde 1793 am 16. Oktober durch die Jakobiner hingerichtet.