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Marie-Antoinette becomes widow of Louis XVI on 21 January 1793 after his public execution

Dated 21 January 1793: Marie-Antoinette becomes widow of Louis XVI on 21 January 1793 after his public execution. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Revolutionary clerks share the detention file. Her own October execution is a later row.

Context

Temple detention and Conciergerie transfer are neighbouring custody rows.

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

Convention politics after the king’s trial; the queen’s separate trial followed months later.

Who was responsible

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

  • Marie-Antoinette

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Named widow created by the king’s execution. Jailers and Convention actors share the coercive file.

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.Château de Versailles — Marie-AntoinetteÉtablissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica dates Louis XVI’s execution to 21 January 1793; she remained imprisoned as widow.

Britannica and Versailles independently date the king’s 21 January 1793 death and her continued imprisonment.

Established: 21 January 1793 as the king’s death date creating her widowhood. Not established: private last words invented beyond the sources.

Marie-Antoinette did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorMarie-Antoinette
  2. contributed toFactMarie-Antoinette becomes widow of Louis XVI on 21 January 1793 after his public execution
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Marie-Antoinette becomes widow of Louis XVI on 21 January 1793 after his public execution. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ma-widow-1793

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

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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