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   What happened to the Comtesse de la Motte?

   • Though he was eventually acquitted of the charge of having fraudulently acquired the necklace (May 31, 1786), he was deprived of all his offices and exiled to the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu in Auvergne. The comtesse de La Motte was sentenced to be flogged, branded, and imprisoned for life in the Salpêtrière prison in Paris.

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   What did the Comtesse de la Motte suggest to the Cardinal?

   • The comtesse de La Motte suggested to the cardinal that the queen wished to acquire the necklace surreptitiously and would be prepared for a formal reconciliation at court if he would facilitate its purchase by negotiating with the jewelers.

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   Why was the Cardinal acquitted?

   • The cardinal was tried, along with his alleged accomplices, before the Parlement of Paris. Though he was eventually acquitted of the charge of having fraudulently acquired the necklace (May 31, 1786), he was deprived of all his offices and exiled to the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu in Auvergne.

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Marie-AntoinetteMarie-Antoinette | Biography, Death, Cake, French Revolution ...

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   May 13, 2024 · Execution of Marie-Antoinette, 1793; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris. (more) Discredited by the royal family’s failed escape, Marie-Antoinette attempted to shore up the rapidly deteriorating position of the crown by opening secret negotiations with the leaders of the constitutional monarchists in the Constituent Assembly , namely Antoine ...

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3. www.historytools.org › stories › the-downfall-ofThe Downfall of Marie Antoinette: Examining the Factors ...

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   3 days ago · Despite the lack of concrete evidence, the tribunal found her guilty, and she was sentenced to death (Castelot, 1957). On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Révolution (now Place de la Concorde) in Paris.

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   Marie Antoinette was publicly executed by guillotine for treason in Paris, France, on 16 October 1793, months after the death of her husband. Her youngest son Louis-Charles, later died of tuberculosis and malnutrition during the revolution.

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   May 2, 2024 · Marie Antoinette died on 16 October 1793 at Place de la Concorde. Like her husband, she was executed publicly by guillotine in front of a crowd and her body was buried in an unmarked grave. Her remains have since been recovered and interred in the Basilica of St. Denis.

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     Marie Antoinette was known — and eventually beheaded — for her lavish spending. The last Queen of France and her husband, King Louis XVI, met their untimely ends after squandering their vast fortune as their subjects starved.

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   3 days ago · The elder Sanson, who had both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‘s blood on his hands, was known as "Monsieur de Paris" and became a ghoulish star in his own right. So famous was his silhouette that "having one‘s neck trimmed by the national razor" became slang for execution. To mimic his style, men wore their hair cut short in the back.

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   May 21, 2024 · Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely.