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Varennes, el intento fallido de fuga de Luis XVI y María Antonieta. En la noche del 21 de junio de 1791, el rey de Francia, Luis XVI, y su familia salieron en secreto de París, en una carroza, con destino a la frontera para huir del país. Historia.
- The Widow Capet
- A Stolen Son
- Carnation Plot
- The Trial
- Execution
The execution of Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) left the king’s widow, Marie Antoinette, overwhelmed with grief. Like a ghost, she haunted her chambers in the Tower of the Temple, the Paris prison fortress where she and her children were being detained by the revolutionary government. In the days after her husband’s death, the former queen bare...
The emperor’s inaction vexed many of Marie Antoinette’s remaining friends. Count Axel von Fersen, the dashing Swedish soldier who had once been the queen’s paramour, declared his intent to gather a group of brave men, ride to Paris, and storm the Temple in a veritable suicide mission. Count de La Marck urged the Austrian court at Vienna to offer a ...
At 2 am on 1 August, a month after Louis-Charles was taken away, Jacobin officials roused Marie Antoinette from her sleep and ordered her to dress. After a hurried goodbye to Marie-Thérèse, the queen was taken under armed escort to the prison of the Conciergerie, a damp, dark place that was often the final stop for prisoners on the road to the guil...
On the night of 12 October, Marie Antoinette was again woken from her sleep and brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal to be indicted. After denying the charges listed against her, she was given the right to a defense counsel and sent back to her cell. Unlike Louis XVI, who had been given weeks to prepare a defense, Marie Antoinette had only hou...
In her last hours, Marie Antoinette was allowed writing materials. In a letter to Madame Elizabeth, she wrote of her deepest regret in having to leave her children: “you know that I have lived on only for them and for you, my dear and tender sister” (Fraser, 436). She wrote of how she would soon be rejoining Madame Elizabeth’s brother, meaning Loui...
7 de nov. de 2022 · La ejecución de Luis XVI de Francia (quien reinó de 1774 a 1792) dejó a la viuda del rey, María Antonieta, abrumada por el dolor. Como un fantasma, rondaba sus aposentos en la Torre del Temple, la prisión-fortaleza de París donde ella y sus hijos estaban detenidos por el gobierno revolucionario.
- Marie Antoinette was executed after being convicted of high treason against the French Republic. She was found guilty of conspiring with foreign po...
- The trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal lasted from 14-16 October 1793.
- Marie Antoinette, executed on 16 October 1793, was one of the first high profile victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
5 de oct. de 2022 · El juicio y ejecución del rey Luis XVI de Francia (que reinó de 1774 a 1792) fue uno de los acontecimientos más impactantes de la Revolución francesa (1789-99).
2 de abr. de 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...
9 de feb. de 2010 · On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband...
