vivelareine: Marie Thérèse Louise Savoie, the princesse de Lamballe, was murdered on

vivelareine:

Marie Thérèse Louise Savoie, the princesse de Lamballe, was murdered on September 3rd, 1792 during the violence of the September Massacres.

She was brought before a temporary tribunal, where she was asked to swear an oath to liberty and equality and to swear against Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. It is believed that she refused to swear the oath against the king and queen, as it was “not in her heart.” She was condemned, then released outside to a waiting crowd, where she was murdered.

Her head was cut off and displayed on pike outside the Temple Tower, in the hopes of forcing the imprisoned Marie Antoinette to look upon the decapitated head of her murdered friend and favorite.