The Clothes Marie Antoinette Wore To Her Execution

Marie Antoinette the Queen of France went to her execution on the guillotine with calm and quiet. She was a woman who was hated across the nation for the fact many blamed her and her husband the executed King Louis XVI for the problems across the nation. Whilst the royal family were having lavish parties and celebrations many people were starving on the streets and when revolution broke out no one could have predicted that the King and Queen would have been executed. The guillotine execution device was even championed by Marie’s husband, yet it was the slanted blade that took her head clean off. On the 16th October 1793 she was taken up to the scaffold and her final words were ‘Pardon me sir I did not mean it,’ as she accidentally stood on the foot of her executioner the man who would release the blade. Her execution was considered a success as the blade fell upon her neck, but she died on the same day that she had been sentenced to death. But what did Marie Antoinette wear to her execution that day?

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Such a tragic story, she had no choice in who she married and for much of her life

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

Interesting

[@TM-km9db]

This is such a sad event and one would think we would learn from history, but alas, practically the same thing is happening to our President Trump in America. Simply evil people.

[@shawnastephens1536]

OMG Plezzzzzzzz

[@nancygarrett0000]

Not the same whatsoever. Trump is a man who made his own choices of his own free will. I voted and will vote for him again but you cannot compare him and Marie!

[@shawnastephens1536]

Was she really that bad?

[@vollhov2370]

No. All expenses of the queen, for the entire period of reign - about 7 million. livres (Napoleon's wife, Josephine, spent 6 million on herself PER YEAR!) Of these, about 3 million were spent on various outfits and entertainment, and other "Trianons". AND 3.2 MILLION LIVERS WAS SPENT ON CHARITY. For reference: the budget deficit of France, in 1789, was about 300 million livres. How much the queen was guilty of this shortage is easy to calculate ... Home "Antoinette's feature: The queen did not love cakes, and not even outfits. She loved children. Throughout France, with the money of the queen, orphanages and prototypes of the Children's Homes were opened (by the way, during the revolution, many of these shelters were closed, and children were simply thrown out into the street, into street children) The queen herself had several adopted children who were brought up on an equal footing with her relatives, as well as many scholarship holders, to whom she paid for education. She gave dowries to the girls. In the hungry winter of 1787, the queen not only gave all her personal savings to the parishes of Paris to help poor children (500 thousand livres), but also gutted the piggy bank of children (70 thousand livres), persuading them to refuse new outfits and gifts ... Philippe Huisman et Marguerite Jallut "Marie-Antoinette, le imposible bonheur".

[@simon112]

her fate was sealed before her trial,I'm sure she made many mistakes as queen, but she certainly did not deserve to be executed, she met her end with grace and dignity and courage, the charges against her in my opinon were trumped up the tribunal wanted her dead, thank you as always.

[@shawnastephens1536]

@@simon112 I feel the same way.

[@simon112]

History painted her in a bad light, but I'd like to think history looks more kindly on her now.

[@8QueenArt8]

No, she was confused, not evil.

[@evoandy]

There it’s a C in “basilica of Saint Denis” this is like the 4th video where you’ve pronounced it “basilia”

[@EarthFirstGoVegan]

Big deal🙄. Get over yourself

[@alisonbrowning9620]

pedant

[@rhysrawlings94]

Bro it ain't that deep

[@8QueenArt8]

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