Just after midnight on 16 October 1793, her defence council was finally allowed to do its job. Her two defence councillors, Chauveau-Lagarde and Tronçon-Ducoudray, quickly discussed their strategy, and it was decided that Chauveau-Lagarde would focus on her alleged conspiracy with the foreign powers while Tronçon-Ducoudray would focus on alleged conspiracy with enemies within France. [read more]
On 15 October 1783, Marie Antoinette was taken to the Tribunal Hall shortly before 8 a.m. She wore the same dress as the day before. Once again, witnesses were called, but this time, Marie Antoinette was given a more comfortable chair. She tapped her fingers on the arm of the chair, which gave an “appearance [read more]
Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis Capet, has, since her residence in France, been the scourge and the bloodsucker of France. On 2 August 1793, Marie Antoinette had been moved from the Temple to the Conciergerie. She was kept there until the start of the trial on 14 October 1793. Marie Antoinette had accepted the services [read more]
Marie Antoinette’s early life was centred around music, and the arrival of a musical prodigy would have been cause for much excitement. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was just six years old when he, his father and his sister, visited the imperial family at Schönbrunn. Marie Antoinette was just three months older than the prodigy. On 13 [read more]
Archduchess Maria Anna, or Marianne of Austria, was born on 6 October 1738 at the Hofburg Palace as the eldest surviving daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine. She was briefly the heiress presumptive from the death of her elder sister until the birth of her younger brother Joseph. She was baptised the [read more]
On 5 October 1789, life was proceeding as usual at Versailles. Marie Antoinette was spending the day at the Petit Trianon while Louis was out hunting in the woods. His hunt was interrupted when an urgent message arrived from the Minister of the Royal Household, saying that there had been “events.” In fact, a march [read more]
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