Marie Antoinette undermining the First French Republic, Louis XVI was separated from his family and tried in December. He was found guilty by the Convention, led by the Jacobins who rejected the idea of keeping him as a hostage. On 15 January 1793, by a majority of one vote, that of Philippe Égalité, he was condemned to death by guillotine and executed on 21 January 1793. The queen, now called "Widow Capet", plunged into deep mourning. She still hoped her son Louis-Charles, whom the exiled "Comte de Provence", Louis XVI's brother, had recognised as Louis XVI's successor, would one day rule France.
HMS Imperieuse (1793) HMS Imperieuse (1793) The Impérieuse was a 40-gun "Minerve"-class frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1793 and she served first as HMS "Imperieuse" and then from 1803 as HMS "Unite". She became a hospital hulk in 1836 and was broken up in 1858. In 1788, "Imperieuse" cruised in the Middle East, and the Aegean Sea the two following years. She performed another cruise off the Middle East before returning to Toulon. On 11 October 1793, "Impérieuse" was captured off La Spezia by HMS "Captain" and the Spanish ship of the line "Bahama" following the Raid