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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) November 16, 2021

"The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." Edmund Burke's speech lamenting the execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793. How right he was! pic.twitter.com/iKOfCl9u0w

— Aristocratic Fury (@LandsknechtPike) August 11, 2021

'Madame Guillotine is my lady in waiting.' From 'La Mort de Marie-Antoinette,' an execution ballad published in France, 1793. https://t.co/JkEtsrsj9y pic.twitter.com/ijTmFaHwkM

— Inviting History (@invitinghistory) October 16, 2021

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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) November 16, 2021

After the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette was arrested and tried for trumped-up crimes against the French republic. Nine months late on #ThisDayInHistory in 1793, she was convicted and sent to the guillotine.

— HISTORY (@HISTORY) October 16, 2021

Written inside: "Shoe worn by Queen Marie Antoinette the fatal day she climbed the scaffold. This shoe was picked up by an individual at the moment the Queen lost it and it was immediately bought by Mr Count of Guernoun-Bonville" pic.twitter.com/UKjsXeahIx

— Mazzini (@mazzini_gsp) August 12, 2021