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Louis XVI and his family being transferred to the Temple Prison on 13 August 1792. Engraving by Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, 1792.. Following the attack on the Tuileries Palace during the insurrection of 10 August 1792, King Louis XVI was imprisoned at the Temple Prison in Paris, along with his wife Marie Antoinette, their two children and his younger sister Élisabeth.
The former king became a desacralized French citizen, addressed as Citoyen Louis Capet (Citizen Louis Capet) in reference to his ancestor Hugh Capet. Louis was tried by the National Convention (self-instituted as a tribunal for the occasion), found guilty of high treason and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793.
Charles-Henri Sanson, full title Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval (15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, as well as high executioner of the First French Republic. He administered capital punishment in the city of Paris for over forty years.
French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution (1 C, 146 P) Pages in category "People executed by guillotine during the French Revolution" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Pages in category "French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.
By RYAN GORMAN An ISIS-offshoot based in Algeria has executed a French hostage after previously threatening to kill him over France's participation in airstrikes over Iraq. Herve Gourdel, 55, was ...
Shortly afterwards, at 4:40 a.m., Djandoubi was executed by guillotine at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. While Djandoubi was the last person executed in France, he was not the last condemned. [ 8 ] Fifteen defendants were sentenced to die before capital punishment was abolished in France on 9 October 1981 following the election of François ...
PARIS (AP) -- The family of a French Muslim police officer killed in a massacre has expressed anger at the viral spread of images of his death. Ahmet Merabet was killed at an attack on newspaper ...