Trial of Louis XVI

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The Trial of Louis XVI was the revolutionary tribunal proceedings in late 1792–early 1793 in which France’s deposed king was charged with treason and ultimately condemned to death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political trial
revolutionary tribunal proceeding
charge conspiracy against the liberty of the nation
high treason
country France
dateOfFinalSentence 1793-01-17
defendant Louis XVI of France
defenseCounsel François Denis Tronchet
surface form: François Tronchet

Malesherbes
Raymond Desèze
endTime 1793-01-21
followedBy Execution of Louis XVI
hasPart defense speeches
final vote on the king’s fate
indictment of Louis XVI
historicalSignificance marked the end of the French monarchy
symbolized popular sovereignty over the king
languageOfRecord French
legalStatusOfDefendant deposed king
location National Convention
Paris
mainSubject Louis XVI of France
methodOfExecution guillotine
numberOfVoters 721
numberVotingForDeathPenalty 361
numberVotingGuilty 693
organizer National Convention
penalty death sentence
placeOfExecution Place de la Révolution
politicalContext abolition of the French monarchy
establishment of the French First Republic
precededBy Storming of the Tuileries Palace
surface form: Storming of the Tuileries (10 August 1792)

abolition of the monarchy (21 September 1792)
suspension of Louis XVI
presidingBody National Convention
prosecutor Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
result guilty verdict
significantParticipant Georges Danton
Girondins
Jean-Paul Marat
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
Montagnards
startTime 1792-12-11
subjectOf historical studies on revolutionary justice
timePeriod French Revolution
voteType roll-call vote

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Subject: Trial of Louis XVI
Description of subject: The Trial of Louis XVI was the revolutionary tribunal proceedings in late 1792–early 1793 in which France’s deposed king was charged with treason and ultimately condemned to death.

Referenced by (7)

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Execution of Louis XVI precededBy Trial of Louis XVI
François Denis Tronchet participantIn Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: trial of Louis XVI
Plain (La Plaine) notableEventParticipation Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: trial of Louis XVI
Élie Guadet votedOn Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: trial of Louis XVI
editing L'Ami du peuple associatedWithEvent Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: TrialOfLouisXVI
President of the National Convention associatedWithEvent Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: trial of Louis XVI
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud participantIn Trial of Louis XVI
this entity surface form: National Convention debates on the trial of Louis XVI