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1. www.worldhistory.org › article › 2099Trial and Execution of Marie Antoinette - World History ...

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   Nov 7, 2022 · Learn how the former queen of France was accused of treason and executed by the revolutionary government in 1793. Find out why she was unpopular, imprisoned, and abandoned by her family and allies.

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   Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette's trial began on 14 October; she was convicted two days later by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by beheading by guillotine on 16 October 1793 at the Place de la Révolution .

3. allthatsinteresting.com › marie-antoinette-deathThe Death Of Marie Antoinette And Her Haunting Last Words

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   Apr 14, 2022 · Learn how the last queen of France spent her last 11 weeks in a prison cell, facing a revolutionary tribunal and a guillotine. Discover the events that led to her beheading on October 16, 1793, and her haunting last words.

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5. www.thecollector.com › marie-antoinette-deathMarie Antoinette’s Death: How Did She Die and Why?

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   Dec 27, 2021 · Learn about the tragic end of Marie Antoinette, the former French queen who was executed by guillotine in 1793. Discover the factors that contributed to her downfall, from the Affair of the Diamond Necklace to the Flight to Varennes.

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

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   Jun 17, 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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   • Marie-Antoinette was queen of France from 1774 to 1793 and is associated with the decline of the French monarchy. Her alleged remark “Let them eat...
   • Marie-Antoinette was the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa. She was only 14 when her parents had her married...
   • As queen, Marie-Antoinette was always unpopular. She spent lavishly, but her extravagance was only a minor cause of France’s growing debt in the 17...
   • Marie-Antoinette was the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa and was married to Louis XVI. Though the first sev...
   • Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 after the Revolutionary Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against the state. The royal family had been c...

7. www.history.com › marie-antoinette-is-beheadedMarie Antoinette is beheaded | October 16, 1793 | HISTORY

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   Feb 9, 2010 · Marie Antoinette is beheaded. Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. The...

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   Why was Marie Antoinette executed?

   • Accused of a series of crimes that included conspiring with foreign powers against the security of France, Marie Antoinette was found guilty of high treason and executed on 16 October 1793.

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   Why did Marie Antoinette marry Louis XVI?

   • Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. The daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, she married Louis in 1770 to strengthen the French-Austrian alliance.

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   How long did Marie Antoinette have to prepare for a trial?

   • Unlike Louis XVI, who had been given weeks to prepare a defense, Marie Antoinette had only hours; her head lawyer, Claude-François Chauveau-Lagarde, urged her to write the Tribunal and ask for three more days to prepare. She did so, but her request went unanswered. The queen’s trial began on 14 October 1793.

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   How did Marie Antoinette escape?

   • Throughout her imprisonment and up to her execution, Marie Antoinette could count on the sympathy of conservative factions and social-religious groups which had turned against the Revolution, and also on wealthy individuals ready to bribe republican officials to facilitate her escape. These plots all failed.

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

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   On the eve of her execution, Marie Antoinette wrote a last letter, to her sister-in-law, entreating Elisabeth to forgive young Louis for his accusations and to persuade him not to try to avenge...