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On the cold, foggy morning of January 21, 1793—225 years ago—French King Louis XVI made the hour and a half journey through the city of Paris from the Temple, the fortified medieval monastery where he was imprisoned, to the Place de la Révolution, where the scaffold for his execution was assembled.
Apr 2, 2014 · Royalty. Louis XVI was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. He was married to Marie Antoinette and was executed for...
Apr 16, 2024 · The execution of Louis XVI in 1793. (more) Despite the last-minute efforts of the Girondins to save him, Citizen Capet, as he was then called, was found guilty by the National Convention and condemned to death on January 18, 1793, by 387 votes (including 26 in favour of a debate on the possibility of postponing execution) to 334 (including 13 ...
Nov 21, 2021 · On 21 January 1793 an event occurred which sent spasms of shock through Europe and still echoes through western history. French King Louis XVI, just 38 years old and the leader of one of the world’s most modern and powerful countries, had been executed by what was seen as a revolutionary rabble.
The trial and execution of Louis XVI caused a sensation across France and around the world. Kings had been assassinated, overthrown and toppled by military defeat – but for a reigning monarch to be tried and executed in public by his own people was almost unparalleled.
Sep 5, 2022 · He was the only French king to be executed, his death marking the end of a thousand years of uninterrupted French monarchy. Early Life. The future Louis XVI of France was born on 23 August 1754 as Louis-Auguste de France in the palace of Versailles.
December 1792. The Charges. Cross-examination. The defense, 26 December 1792. The defense team. Declaration of Louis XVI in his defense. The verdict, 14–15 January. The punishment, 16–17 January. The Mailhe amendment. The vote. Execution. References. Sources. External links. Trial of Louis XVI.
