Editing Flight to Varennes (section)

==Abolition of the monarchy==
The King's failed escape attempt alarmed many other European monarchs, who feared that Revolutionary fervor would spread to their own countries and result in instability outside France. Relations between France and its neighbours, already strained because of the Revolution, deteriorated even further with some foreign ministries calling for war against the revolutionary government.<ref>{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Schama|pages=590–591|title=Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution|year=1989|publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-81012-6}}</ref>

The outbreak of the [[War of the First Coalition|war with Austria]] in April 1792 and the publication of a [[Brunswick Manifesto|manifesto]] by the [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick|Duke of Brunswick]] threatened the destruction of Paris if the safety of the royal family was again endangered. Upon hearing this, Parisian radicals stormed the Tuileries Palace on [[10 August (French Revolution)|10 August 1792]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The French Revolution 1789–1799|last=McPhee|first=Peter|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=0-199-24414-6|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/frenchrevolution00mcph_0/page/96 96]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/frenchrevolution00mcph_0/page/96}}</ref>

This attack led in turn to the suspension of the King's powers by the [[Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly]] and the proclamation of the [[First French Republic]] on 21 September. In November, evidence of Louis XVI's 'secret dealings' with the deceased Revolutionary politician, [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], and of his counterrevolutionary intrigues with foreigners was found in a secret iron chest, the ''[[armoire de fer]]'', in the Tuileries.<ref>{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Schama|pages=652|title=Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution|year=1989|publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-81012-6}}</ref> It was now no longer possible to pretend that the reforms of the French Revolution had been made with the consent of the King. Some [[Republicanism|Republicans]] called for his deposition, others for his trial for alleged treason and intended defection to the enemies of Revolutionary France. On 3 December, it was decided that Louis XVI, who together with his family had been [[Temple (Paris)|imprisoned]] since August, should be brought to [[Trial of Louis XVI|trial]] for treason. He appeared twice, on 11 and 23 December, before the [[National Convention]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Schama|pages=658–660|title=Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution|year=1989|publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-81012-6}}</ref>

Convicted after an illegal trial, Louis XVI was [[Execution of Louis XVI|guillotined]] on 21 January 1793. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was also convicted of treason with no evidence, and also guillotined, on 16 October. The late King's son, Louis XVII, died in 1795 at the age of ten after years of neglect.