What happened to Marie Antoinette's head after she died?
Following her execution by guillotine during the French Revolution in October 1793, Marie Antoinette's body was hurriedly buried in an unmarked mass grave at the Madeleine cemetery. According to historical accounts and subsequent forensic traditions, her remains—including her head—were placed alongside other victims of the guillotine in a common pit where quicklime was applied to hasten decomposition. Unlike some historical artifacts or relics claimed to have been preserved by royalists, her actual physical remains were largely disintegrated by the chemical agents, leaving no authenticated separate remains or preserved cranium behind in modern times.
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