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 inheritance the wife has no children, or only daughters, women are likely to lose all rights to the land. Often, the deceased's family do not take care of the widow and her children, and widow inheritance was identified as a major obstacle to household food security. Among Pashtun communities, the code known as Pashtunwali often involves widows to be remarried, even against their will, to her dead husband's brother or cousin. The Taliban campaigned against the practice as being against Shariah Law. Widow inheritance Widow inheritance (also known as bride inheritance) is a cultural and social practice whereby a widow is