Execution of Marie Antoinette
E108708
The Execution of Marie Antoinette was the 1793 guillotining of France’s former queen during the French Revolution, symbolizing the fall of the monarchy and the radicalization of revolutionary justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Execution of Marie Antoinette canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913549 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Execution of Marie Antoinette Context triple: [Execution of Louis XVI, relatedTo, Execution of Marie Antoinette]
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Execution of Louis XVI
The Execution of Louis XVI was the 1793 public beheading of the French king in Paris, marking a decisive break with monarchy and a radical turning point in the French Revolution.
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Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Execution of Marie Antoinette Target entity description: The Execution of Marie Antoinette was the 1793 guillotining of France’s former queen during the French Revolution, symbolizing the fall of the monarchy and the radicalization of revolutionary justice.
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A.
Execution of Louis XVI
The Execution of Louis XVI was the 1793 public beheading of the French king in Paris, marking a decisive break with monarchy and a radical turning point in the French Revolution.
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B.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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C.
murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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E.
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guillotining
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historical event ⓘ public execution ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy | Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson ⓘ |
| follows |
Abolition of the French monarchy
ⓘ
Trial of Marie Antoinette ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
international shock and condemnation among European monarchies
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strengthening of radical revolutionary factions ⓘ |
| hasAudience | Parisian crowd ⓘ |
| hasCharge |
conspiracy against the security of the state
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depletion of the national treasury ⓘ high treason against the French nation ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1793-10-16 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | French ⓘ |
| hasLegalBodyInvolved | Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| hasMethodOfExecution | guillotine ⓘ |
| hasModernSite | Place de la Concorde ⓘ |
| hasNotableLocationFeature | near the Tuileries Garden ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | death of Marie Antoinette ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext |
fall of the French monarchy
ⓘ
radicalization of revolutionary justice ⓘ |
| hasPrecededBy | Execution of Louis XVI ⓘ |
| hasPublicNature | public spectacle ⓘ |
| hasRelatedEvent |
Flight to Varennes
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September Massacres ⓘ Storming of the Bastille ⓘ Women’s March on Versailles ⓘ |
| hasRelatedPerson |
Charles-Henri Sanson
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson
Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to:
Louis XVI of France
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Marie Antoinette ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
end of the Ancien Régime
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example of revolutionary justice ⓘ radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ triumph of republicanism over monarchy ⓘ |
| hasVictimStatus |
former queen consort of Louis XVI
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former queen of France ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1793 ⓘ |
| isConsequenceOf | conviction of Marie Antoinette by the Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| isDepictedIn |
historical writings about the French Revolution
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numerous historical paintings ⓘ |
| orderedBy |
French Revolutionary government
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linked to:
French National Convention
National Convention ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Place de la Révolution ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuring |
French Revolution
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Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: Execution of Marie Antoinette Description of subject: The Execution of Marie Antoinette was the 1793 guillotining of France’s former queen during the French Revolution, symbolizing the fall of the monarchy and the radicalization of revolutionary justice.
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