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  2. Nov 7, 2022 · Learn how the former queen of France was accused of treason and executed by the revolutionary government in 1793. Find out the reasons behind her imprisonment, trial, and death, and the role of her husband, children, and Austria in her fate.

  3. Apr 14, 2022 · Published April 14, 2022. Updated May 4, 2022. On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded — just months after her husband King Louis XVI met the same fate. Marie Antoinette: the very name of the doomed queen of France, the last of the Ancien Régime, evokes power and fascination.

  4. 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, also by guillotine, at the Place de la Révolution . Early life (17551770)

  5. Apr 19, 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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  6. Dec 27, 2021 · Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in 1793, four years after the French Revolution began. The web page explores the factors that contributed to her death, such as the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, the March on Versailles, and her flight to Varennes. It also explores the events that led to her execution, such as the Flight to Varennes and Arrest.

  7. Feb 9, 2010 · Marie Antoinette follows her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and the former Queen of France. She lived extravagantly and encouraged her husband to resist reform of the monarchy.

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

    A biography of the French queen who was executed by guillotine in 1793, after 23 years of marriage and 23 years of reign. Learn about her life, love, legacy and myths, from her theater at Versailles to her famous quote.

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