Trial of Marie Antoinette

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The Trial of Marie Antoinette was the Revolutionary Tribunal proceeding in October 1793 in which the former Queen of France was charged with treason and other crimes, leading to her conviction and execution during the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Revolutionary Tribunal proceeding ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
category Events of the Reign of Terror ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Terror

Political trials in France ⓘ
Trials of heads of state ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date October 1793 ⓘ
endDate 1793-10-16 ⓘ
followedBy Execution of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
hasAccuser Jacques Hébert ⓘ
hasCharge conspiracy against the security of the state ⓘ
depletion of the national treasury ⓘ
incestuous abuse of her son ⓘ
intelligence with foreign powers ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
treason ⓘ
hasCourt Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
hasDefendant Marie Antoinette ⓘ
hasDefenseLawyer Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde ⓘ
Jacques-Bernard-Marie Montané ⓘ
hasJudge Herman Martial Joseph ⓘ
hasJury Revolutionary Tribunal jury ⓘ
hasLocationOfDetention Conciergerie ⓘ
hasNotableQuote "I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children" (attributed) ⓘ
hasProsecutor Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville ⓘ
hasSentence death by guillotine ⓘ
hasTheme fall of the monarchy ⓘ
political vengeance ⓘ
revolutionary justice ⓘ
hasWitness Louis Charles, Dauphin of France ⓘ
Madame Élisabeth of France ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalSystem French Revolutionary law ⓘ
linked to: Law of 22 Prairial
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
mediaType historical trial record ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
placeOfExecution Place de la Révolution ⓘ
politicalContext Reign of Terror ⓘ
precededBy Imprisonment of Marie Antoinette in the Conciergerie ⓘ
relatedTo French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Trial of Louis XVI ⓘ
result conviction ⓘ
death sentence ⓘ
significance marked the symbolic destruction of the ancien régime ⓘ
startDate 1793-10-14 ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Palais de Justice, Paris ⓘ

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Execution of Marie Antoinette → follows → Trial of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
Trial of Marie Antoinette → precededBy → Imprisonment of Marie Antoinette in the Conciergerie ⓘ
linked to: Trial of Marie Antoinette