

Anonymous (French), Marie Antoinette in the Temple Prison in 1793, painting. Musée Carnavalet.

Many people use Yahoo Questions and sometimes some pretty funny ones will pop up during searches. I stumbled on myrelevant Yahoo Question of the Day recently, "What was the deal with Marie Antoinette?" So the asking party really was wondering if she was executed, which I think we all here can safely answer 'yes.' But what were the grounds for her execution? Let's take a look at her trial....Marie Antoinette was brought to trial as the Widow Capet, after Louis XVI had already lost his own trial (among other things). She went before the revolutionary tribunal on October 14, 1793. Her jury was all men, and it was a two day trial. She had seven charges against her: