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During the [[Reign of Terror]], at the height of the [[French Revolution]], Marie Antoinette's husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of [[treason]] and executed by [[guillotine]] on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband. During the [[Reign of Terror]], at the height of the [[French Revolution]], Marie Antoinette's husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of [[treason]] and executed by [[guillotine]] on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband.
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 +The vulnerability of the king was exposed on 10 August when an armed mob, on the verge of forcing its way into the Tuileries Palace, forced the king and the royal family to seek refuge at the Legislative Assembly. An hour and a half later, the palace was invaded by the mob who massacred the [[Swiss Guard]]s.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2001|pp=373–379}}</ref> On 13 August, the royal family was imprisoned in the tower of the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] in the [[Le Marais|Marais]] under conditions considerably harsher than their previous confinement in the Tuileries.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2001|pp=382–386}}</ref>
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 +A week later, many of the royal family's attendants, among them the ''[[Princess Marie Louise of Savoy|princesse de Lamballe]]'', were taken in for interrogation by the [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|Paris Commune]]. Transferred to the ''La Force'' prison, the ''princesse de Lamballe'' was one of the victims of the [[September Massacres]], killed on 3 September. Her head was affixed on a pike and marched through the city. Although Marie Antoinette did not see the head of her friend as it was paraded outside her prison window, she fainted upon learning about the gruesome end that had befallen her faithful companion.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2001|p=389}}</ref>
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Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Vienna, 2 November 1755 – Paris, 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.

At the age of fourteen, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, she became Dauphine de France. At the death of King Louis XV, in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and Navarre. After seven years of marriage she gave birth to a daughter, Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, the first of their four children.

During the Reign of Terror, at the height of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette's husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of treason and executed by guillotine on 16 October 1793, nine months after her husband.

The vulnerability of the king was exposed on 10 August when an armed mob, on the verge of forcing its way into the Tuileries Palace, forced the king and the royal family to seek refuge at the Legislative Assembly. An hour and a half later, the palace was invaded by the mob who massacred the Swiss Guards.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> On 13 August, the royal family was imprisoned in the tower of the Temple in the Marais under conditions considerably harsher than their previous confinement in the Tuileries.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>

A week later, many of the royal family's attendants, among them the princesse de Lamballe, were taken in for interrogation by the Paris Commune. Transferred to the La Force prison, the princesse de Lamballe was one of the victims of the September Massacres, killed on 3 September. Her head was affixed on a pike and marched through the city. Although Marie Antoinette did not see the head of her friend as it was paraded outside her prison window, she fainted upon learning about the gruesome end that had befallen her faithful companion.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>


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