The Théâtre de la Reine at Petit Trianon opens in the 1780 season as Marie-Antoinette’s private court theatre
Versailles estate documentation dates the Queen’s Theatre at Petit Trianon to the early 1780s court season under her patronage. Petit Trianon’s gift in 1774 is a neighbouring estate row. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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Versailles estate documentation dates the Queen’s Theatre at Petit Trianon to the early 1780s court season under her patronage. Later tourist captions are not 1780.
Context
Petit Trianon’s gift in 1774 is a neighbouring estate row.
Marie-Antoinette’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Private Trianon entertainments under Richard Mique’s estate works; players and ladies-in-waiting share performances.
Why it matters
A working court theatre expands staged learning and court cultural access on a limited edu path.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Marie-Antoinette
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
Named queen as theatre patron and host. Architects and performers share the house.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Théâtre de la Reine at Petit Trianon opens in the 1780 season as Marie-Antoinette’s private court theatre
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 January 1780 · verified
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Marie-AntoinetteEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Château de Versailles — Petit TrianonÉtablissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Versailles Trianon estate pages and Britannica’s life independently describe the Queen’s theatre patronage at Trianon.
Established: Théâtre de la Reine as a 1780-season Trianon instrument. Not established: a mass public education series.
Marie-Antoinette did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Year-level date: do not invent a day precision the estate file does not fix here.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorMarie-Antoinette
- contributed toFactThe Théâtre de la Reine at Petit Trianon opens in the 1780 season as Marie-Antoinette’s private court theatre
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). The Théâtre de la Reine at Petit Trianon opens in the 1780 season as Marie-Antoinette’s private court theatre. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ma-theatre-reine-1780
https://factrail.ai/facts/ma-theatre-reine-1780
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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