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.
Simon Capet Simon Capet Simon Capet (pronounced Ka-pay) is an English conductor and filmmaker. He notably founded the Victoria Philharmonic Choir in 2005 and the Euphonia Music Festival in 2006. A graduate of the Vancouver Film School, his 2000 musical drama film "Evirati" won him the Telefilm Canada Award for Best Emerging Director of a Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the award for Best Short Screenplay at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Born into a family of professional musicians, Capet grew up in London. At the age of 15 he entered the Royal College