It was not a well accepted outcome and many resolved to end the French Revolution and to restore the Monarchy to its rightful seat of power.
The execution of Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI.
The execution of Louis XVI by means of the guillotine took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution ("Revolution Square", formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris. It was a major event of the French Revolution.
Guillotine
He was a threat to the Revolution as long as he was alive.
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He was the only French King to be executed.
Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution for treason against the state. He was accused of conspiring with foreign powers and counter-revolutionary factions to overthrow the French Republic and restore the monarchy. His execution marked the end of the Bourbon monarchy in France.
After the execution of Louis XVI she was called widow Capet.
XIV
Most of them probably didn't notice because of all that was going on during revolution. Would it have affected you?
He had been imprisoned in the Tower for several months prior to his execution.
Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine on October 16, 1793. She was the wife of King Louis XVI of France. Her execution was nine months after her husband's execution during the French Revolution.
No. The revolution had already begun with the storming of the Bastille at 14 July 1789 and the Tennis Court Oath that same year. Louis' death did mark the beginning of "the Terror", an extremely bloody and murderous period during the French revolution.
Louis XIV was not executed. It was his great-grandson, Louis XVI, who was executed by guillotine in 1793.
Louis XVI before his execution
Louis XVI was beheaded on Jan. 21st, 1793 at 10:22 am. The execution took place in Paris, on what is now the 'place de la Concorde'
The execution of Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI.