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The Revolutionary Tribunal tries her on 14–16 October 1793 as a completed political capital process

Lived 1755–1793; queen consort from 1774. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Allegation stays allegation where it is sexual-political invention. She is the defendant; Fouquier-Tinville and the jurors share the machine.

Context

It is not a finding that every charge was true. Cake is not on the indictment as a sourced utterance.

Marie-Antoinette’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Lived 1755–1793; queen consort from 1774. Cake is a later slogan, not a sourced utterance. The Diamond Necklace is allegation and image. Fiscal crisis is not stored as her unique coefficient. Complex contribution is required.

Why it matters

A completed two-day capital trial of a deposed queen is a justice path. It is not a modern independent court.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Marie-AntoinetteEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Archives nationales (France)Archives nationales · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Archives nationales neighbourhood catalogues print 14–16 October 1793 as the trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal, with charges including correspondence with the enemy and a notorious allegation involving the dauphin that even some Jacobins treated as grotesque.

Britannica and Archives nationales independently describe the October 1793 trial.

Established: 14–16 October 1793 trial as calendared. Not established: the sexualised dauphin allegation as fact.

Marie-Antoinette did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Keep trial distinct from the same week’s execution.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMarie-Antoinette
  2. contributed toFactThe Revolutionary Tribunal tries her on 14–16 October 1793 as a completed political capital process
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). The Revolutionary Tribunal tries her on 14–16 October 1793 as a completed political capital process. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ma-trial-1793

https://factrail.ai/facts/ma-trial-1793

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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