They were sent to the guillotine where they died "In the Twinkling of an Eye".
Louis the XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette were both executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution.
At the outbreak of the French Revolution, the reigning monarchs were King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. The King was decapitated by guillotine on January 21, 1793, and the Queen was decapitated by guillotine on October 16, 1793.
Louis XVI. He was deposed and sent to the guillotine.
More people who were part of the court were sent to the guillotine and anyone who was considered a problem were also beheaded.
They were sent to the guillotine where they died "In the Twinkling of an Eye".
Louis the XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette were both executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution.
At the outbreak of the French Revolution, the reigning monarchs were King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. The King was decapitated by guillotine on January 21, 1793, and the Queen was decapitated by guillotine on October 16, 1793.
Louis XVI. He was deposed and sent to the guillotine.
More people who were part of the court were sent to the guillotine and anyone who was considered a problem were also beheaded.
The Guillotine was a French instrument of execution.
After the French Revolution the king and queen of France were imprisoned. The king was killed and 9 months later the queen, Marie Antoinette was tried and convicted of treason. Her sentence was execution by guillotine. This occurred in 1792.
Aside from the old English method (a big hefty executioner with a really big axe), the most common machine used for beheading was the French Guillotine. It was used as a method of execution in France until capital punishment there was abolished in 1981. The last execution in France by guillotine was in 1977. There are other older machines similar to the French Guillotine, like the Scottish Maiden, and the Halifax Engine, but the guillotine is the most well known device because of its use during the French Revolution to execute nobles, including the King and Queen of France. ---- the guillotine
The French revolution was extraordinarily bloody and characterised by daily cartloads of French aristocrats being taken to the guillotine for public beheading. Madam la Guillotine became a notorious spectacle of the revolution.
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Guillotine.
The guillotine.