Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution, wife to King Louis XVI. After her husband was deposed and France was declared a republic, Louis was officially renamed "Citizen Louis Capet" (Hugh Capet was the founder of the Capetian dynasty of French kings, from which Louis was ultimately descended). Louis was executed for treason and attempting to surpress the Revolution in 1793. Marie-Antoinette was then officially called "the widow Capet" as a reflection of the fact that her husband was dead - French royalists of course maintained that she was still Queen of France. Marie Antoinette was herself executed shortly afterwards.
Jeanne Becu, Comtess du Barry. Citizen Capet, alias Louis XVI. Widow Capet, alias Queen Marie Antoinette. Princess Elisabeth of France, sister of Citizen Capet. Antoine Lavoisier, the Father of Chemistry. Collenot d'Angremont, of the National Guard and first political prisoner executed. Arnaud II de La Porte, Minister of the Marine. Georges Danton. Maximilien Robespierre. Augustin Robespierre. Louis Saint Just. Georges Couthon. Francois Hanriot. Nicolas Jacques Pelletier, Highwayman and the first to die by guillotine.
He was an early king on France, he was the founder of the Capetian dynasty.
Louis V le fainéant (Louis 5th the Lazy) reigned from march 986 until his death from a hunting accident on May 22, 987. Hugues Capet (Hugues the 1st) is then elected and reigns from July 3rd, 987 until his death in 996.
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine 21 January 1793 as "Citoyen Louis Capet". Marie Antoinette was executed on 16 October 1793
King Louis XVI was known as Citizen Louis Capet in France after the Monarchy was ended in France and France declared itself a Republic. Thus King Louis XVI or Citizen Capet was a victim of the Reign of Terror when he was guillotined.
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When the Royal Family was arrested, its members were stripped of their titles and ordered to revert to an ordinary surname. Bourbon might have been more appropriate, but the name chosen for them was taken from the founder of the dynasty of French Kings, Hugues Capet. so Louis XVI was referred to at his trial as 'Louis Capet', and after his execution Marie-Antoinette became 'La Veuve Capet' - widow Capet.
Capet after the death of King Louis XVI.
After the execution of Louis XVI she was called widow Capet.
Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution, wife to King Louis XVI. After her husband was deposed and France was declared a republic, Louis was officially renamed "Citizen Louis Capet" (Hugh Capet was the founder of the Capetian dynasty of French kings, from which Louis was ultimately descended). Louis was executed for treason and attempting to surpress the Revolution in 1793. Marie-Antoinette was then officially called "the widow Capet" as a reflection of the fact that her husband was dead - French royalists of course maintained that she was still Queen of France. Marie Antoinette was herself executed shortly afterwards.
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Laurent Capet was born in 1972.
Hugh Capet was born in 940.
He was a victim of Regicide. That was the name given to King Louis XVI after the Monarchy was ended in France. He was the only French King to be executed.