Calculé, purposely assumed

94. Madame Elisabeth, sister of the king, born 1764, at Versailles. She was betrothed to the Emperor Joseph II., and again to the Duke of Aosta, but married neither. She was devoted to her brother, the king ; accompanied him on the flight to Varennes, and shared his captivity in the Temple. After the exécution of the king and queen, she took charge of the éducation of her nièce, afterward Duchess d' Angoulême. She was brought before the Revolutionary tribunal in 1794, and accused of conspiring against France and stealing the Crown jewels. She was condemned and executed the loth of May.

95. Ci-devant roi, the ex-king. In the parlance of the Révolution, the Vv^ord ci-devant, formerly, was used either adverbially as above, or as a substantive ; un ci-devant, les ci-devant, a former noble, the ex-nobles.