Nine months after her husband (King Louis XVI) was executed, Marie
Antoinette followed him to the guillotine. She was publicly beheaded -
on the 16th of October, 1793 - following a trial in which false
evidence was presented against her.
According to the historian, Charles Lacretelle (a Frenchman who lived between1766-1855):
Marie
Antoinette wore a white gown, a white handkerchief covered her
shoulders, a white cap her hair; a black ribbon bound this cap round
her temples ... The cries, the looks, the laughter, the jests of the
people overwhelmed her with humiliation; her colour, changing
continually from purple to paleness, betrayed her agitation ... On
reaching the scaffold she inadvertently trod on the executioner’s
foot. “Pardon me,” she said, courteously. She knelt for an instant and
uttered a half- audible prayer; then rising and glancing towards the
towers of the Temple, "Adieu, once again, my children," she said; "I
go to rejoin your father
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Story About The Execution of Marie Antoinette
Nine months after her husband (King Louis XVI) was executed, Marie
Antoinette followed him to the guillotine. She was publicly beheaded -
on the 16th of October, 1793 - following a trial in which false
evidence was presented against her.
According to the historian, Charles Lacretelle (a Frenchman who lived between1766-1855):
Marie Antoinette wore a white gown, a white handkerchief covered her shoulders, a white cap her hair; a black ribbon bound this cap round her temples ... The cries, the looks, the laughter, the jests of the people overwhelmed her with humiliation; her colour, changing continually from purple to paleness, betrayed her agitation ... On reaching the scaffold she inadvertently trod on the executioner’s foot. “Pardon me,” she said, courteously. She knelt for an instant and uttered a half- audible prayer; then rising and glancing towards the towers of the Temple, "Adieu, once again, my children," she said; "I go to rejoin your father
http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/marie-antoinette-execution-of-a-queen-consort
According to the historian, Charles Lacretelle (a Frenchman who lived between1766-1855):
Marie Antoinette wore a white gown, a white handkerchief covered her shoulders, a white cap her hair; a black ribbon bound this cap round her temples ... The cries, the looks, the laughter, the jests of the people overwhelmed her with humiliation; her colour, changing continually from purple to paleness, betrayed her agitation ... On reaching the scaffold she inadvertently trod on the executioner’s foot. “Pardon me,” she said, courteously. She knelt for an instant and uttered a half- audible prayer; then rising and glancing towards the towers of the Temple, "Adieu, once again, my children," she said; "I go to rejoin your father
http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/marie-antoinette-execution-of-a-queen-consort
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