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The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess. Renowned in life and revered in death, some say she continues to work her magic from Laveau died in , and is said to be buried in St. Louis Cemetery No.
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Marie even employed servants to uphold the village and care for the animals. Despite the idyllic nature of this retreat, members of the court and the public believed that Marie was mocking French peasants by dressing up as shepherdesses and acting as if she was impoverished. Facing mounting pressure from his nobles, on 8 May Louis XVI ordered the first meeting in years of the Estates General — the general assembly of the representatives of the clergy first estate ; the nobility second estate , and the common people third estate.

Louis hoped that this would allow the representatives of France the opportunity to discuss ways to overcome the increasing state debt. On 14 July , public opposition to the royal family reached its height, and the Bastille — a state prison in Paris — was stormed by an angry, armed mob. Several weeks later, thousands of people surrounded the Palace of Versailles, demanding political reforms and changes to the way in which the monarchy governed.

The royal family was then imprisoned within the walls of Tuileries Palace in Paris by the revolutionary forces that opposed the monarchy. As more people joined the revolutionary cause in Paris, and public opinion of the monarchy deteriorated further, in Marie planned to flee France with her family and find sanctuary in Austria.

However, the family was captured while attempting to escape and was taken back to Paris.

They faced hostile crowds of people in the streets upon their return. Amid mounting pressure from his political opponents, in September Louis XVI agreed to instigate a constitutional monarchy, and promised to share his political power with the French Assembly. This failed to quell the rebellion, however: less than a year later, on 10 August , a gang of revolutionaries broke into Tuileries Palace, where the royal family was being kept under surveillance, and took Louis XVI and Marie prisoner.

A month later, the Republican government was determined to eradicate anyone who opposed the French Revolution and the eradication of the monarchy. With the king and queen now under arrest, the National Convention ordered that the monarchy be abolished, and France was officially declared a republic.

On 21 September , the Legislative Assembly in France voted for the monarchy to be abolished. Just four months later, after being put on trial by members of the new republican regime, in the The National Convention — the assembly that administered France between September and October Louis XVI was convicted of treason and was sentenced to death.

On 14 October , after months of imprisonment, Marie was put on trial and found guilty of treason. Two days later, at the age of 37, the queen suffered the same fate as her husband and was executed. Wilkinson Lewis Howard Clark. Jackson Stewart C. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. In other projects Wikimedia Commons.

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William Clark as Territorial Governor. Frederick Bates. Louis , Missouri , U. Some scholars dispute this as her final resting place, but it is mentioned in her obituary, and is the most likely spot. They scribble Xs on the whitewashed mausoleum in hopes Laveau will grant their wishes.

That practice is discouraged by preservationists, who say it has no basis in voodoo tradition and damages the delicate tomb. In , a restoration of her tomb was completed. A large fine is now in place for any visitor who attempts to write on the grave.

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