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  2. Nov 7, 2022 · Why was Marie Antoinette executed? Marie Antoinette was executed after being convicted of high treason against the French Republic. She was found guilty of conspiring with foreign powers against the security of France and of depleting the national treasury.

  3. May 13, 2024 · Execution of Marie-Antoinette, 1793; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris. (more) Discredited by the royal familys 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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  4. May 15, 2019 · Marie Antoinette (born Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna von Österreich-Lothringen; November 2, 1755–October 16, 1793) was the queen of France, executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. She is most known for supposedly saying "Let them eat cake," although the French quote translates more precisely as, "Let them eat brioche," and there ...

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  5. Several events were linked to Marie Antoinette during the Revolution after the government placed the royal family under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace in October 1789. The June 1791 attempted flight to Varennes and her role in the War of the First Coalition were immensely damaging to her image among French citizens.

  6. Nov 9, 2009 · In 1793, the king was executed; then, Marie Antoinette was arrested and tried for trumped-up crimes against the French republic. She was convicted and sent to the guillotine on October 16,...

  7. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › marie-antoinetteMarie Antoinette | Smithsonian

    Marie Antoinette tried to convince her husband to put down the insurrection, but not wanting to provoke an all-out conflict, he refused, effectively ceding Paris to the revolutionaries.