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