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.
John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan deed refers to his widow having remarried. She was Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Dowdall of Newtown; her second husband was William Preston, 2nd Viscount Gormanston. She and Navan had at least 2 children: John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan (died before 1508)) was an Irish nobleman of the early Tudor era. He was renowned in his own lifetime as a courageous soldier, who fought with distinction at the Battle of Knockdoe. He was the son of Thomas Nangle, 15th Baron of Navan: his mother was Ismay Welles, daughter of Sir William Welles, Lord