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.
Widow conservation Widow conservation Widow conservation was a type of marriage in Protestant Europe in the early modern age, when the widow of a parish vicar was married to her husband's successor to ensure her economic support. This practice was common in Scandinavia ("Änkekonservering"/"Enkekonservering") and the Protestant parts of Germany ("Konservierung von Pfarrwitwen"). It is related to other forms of widow inheritance, including the levirate marriage known in the Old Testament as "yibbum". At the introduction of the Protestant Reformation, priests were allowed to marry. However, as they did not own the vicarage and property attached to his profession, his spouse and