The famous queen of France who was executed during the French Revolution was Marie Antoinette. The wife of King Louis XVI, she became a target of public anger and suspicion amid the revolution's radical changes. Accused of extravagance and insensitivity to the plight of the French people, she was arrested, tried, and ultimately executed by guillotine in 1793. Her death symbolized the fall of the monarchy and the rise of revolutionary fervor in France.