{"id":5562,"date":"2017-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/louis-xvi-peuple-je-meurs-innocent-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:11:36","slug":"louis-xvi-peuple-je-meurs-innocent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/louis-xvi-peuple-je-meurs-innocent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis XVI : \u00ab Peuple, je meurs innocent\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Acte <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span>. La \u00ab\u00a0belle mort\u00a0\u00bb du roi.<\/p>\n<p>21 janvier 1793. Spectacle incroyable, mais vrai\u00a0! L\u2019Histoire se joue en direct devant la foule. L\u2019\u00e9chafaud verra d\u00e9filer du \u00ab\u00a0beau monde\u00a0\u00bb sous la Terreur, mais le roi (d\u00e9chu) est d\u2019ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 la Victime num\u00e9ro un de cette trag\u00e9die nationale. Personnage \u00ab\u00a0insignifiant\u00a0\u00bb et souvent ridiculis\u00e9, Louis <span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span> acc\u00e8de au statut de martyr et de h\u00e9ros.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Peuple, je meurs innocent\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1479\" class=\"cit-num\">1479<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/louis-xvi\"><span class=\"caps\">LOUIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span><\/a> (1754-1793), \u00e0 la foule, place de la R\u00e9volution \u00e0 Paris (aujourd\u2019hui place de la Concorde), 21\u00a0janvier 1793. <em>M\u00e9moires d\u2019outre-tombe<\/em> (posthume), Fran\u00e7ois Ren\u00e9 de Chateaubriand<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Premier mot de la fin\u00a0\u00bb du roi. L\u2019importance de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement est telle que l\u2019imagination populaire ou historienne se donnera libre cours. <\/p>\n<p>Le roulement de tambours de la garde nationale interrompt la suite de sa proclamation, entendue seulement par le bourreau Sanson et ses aides. Sc\u00e8ne maintes fois reproduite en gravures et tableaux, avec le bourreau qui brandit la t\u00eate du roi, face au peuple amass\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"panneau\">Toutes les citations qui suivent <br>sont comment\u00e9es dans nos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\">Chroniques.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Je pardonne aux auteurs de ma mort. Je prie Dieu que mon sang ne retombe pas sur la France.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1480\" class=\"cit-num\">1480<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">LOUIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span> (1754-1793), au bourreau Sanson et \u00e0 ses aides, 21\u00a0janvier 1793. \u00ab\u00a0Second mot de la fin\u00a0\u00bb du roi, obs\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019id\u00e9e du sang vers\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Fils de Saint Louis, montez au ciel.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1478\" class=\"cit-num\">1478<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Abb\u00e9 <span class=\"caps\">EDGEWORTH<\/span> de <span class=\"caps\">FIRMONT<\/span> (1745-1807), confesseur de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span>, au roi montant \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chafaud, 21\u00a0janvier 1793<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"r\u00e9volution citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/feuilletage\/05\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tome_5_citations-4.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00e9volution citations\" title=\"R\u00e9volution citations\" style=\"float: left;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" width=\"148\" height=\"198\"><\/a><a title=\"r\u00e9volution citations histoire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/feuilletage\/05\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c0 feuilleter pour tout savoir\u00a0!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acte II. La \u00ab\u00a0belle mort\u00a0\u00bb du roi.21 janvier 1793. Spectacle incroyable, mais vrai\u00a0! L\u2019Histoire se joue en direct devant la foule. L\u2019\u00e9chafaud verra d\u00e9filer du \u00ab\u00a0beau monde\u00a0\u00bb sous la Terreur, mais le roi (d\u00e9chu) est d\u2019ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 la Victime num\u00e9ro un de cette trag\u00e9die nationale. Personnage \u00ab\u00a0insignifiant\u00a0\u00bb et souvent ridiculis\u00e9, Louis XVI acc\u00e8de au [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-louis-xvi-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5564,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions\/5564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}