25
The Schweizergard where guned down
Filed Under (english, Historia) by Targenor on 25-05-2010
Tagged Under : housearrest, mob, Oktober, Schweizergard, Tuileriepalace
In oktober 1789 Ludvig XVI forced his parlament to leave the castle Versailles outside Paris. The royalfamily where put in housearrest in the Tuileriepalace, the west of Louvren. In Paris there where rumors that Ludvig XVI where going to betray France and on the 10th of August 1792 an angry mob attacked the Tuileriepalace to overthrow the king.
Even the army turned against Ludvig XVI who in panic could see armed citizens marching against the palace. It was only the kings own army that remained faithfull, about 950 soldiers from the Schweizergard, they paid whit their lifes. Everyone of them died infront or inside Tuileierna while the king where searching for cover in the building. The attack marked the end of the monarky, The palace dosen´t exists anymore, it burnt down in 1871
Popularity: 1% [?]
Related posts:
