How did the women's march on Versailles in 1789 end the palace's role as a royal residence?

Created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.

The women's march on Versailles on October 5, 1789, was a pivotal event during the French Revolution that effectively ended the palace's status as a royal residence.

Following the king's refusal to sanction the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the abolition of the feudal regime, popular anger in Paris reached a breaking point. Driven by food shortages and political unrest, a large crowd of Parisians marched to the palace to confront the royal family.1

On October 6, the protesters compelled the king and his family to leave Versailles and return to [Paris]. By forcing the monarch to relocate to the capital, the march stripped the palace of its role as the seat of royal power and the center of the French court, leaving the royal family as virtual hostages of the revolutionary movement. The National Constituent Assembly subsequently followed the court to Paris, further cementing the shift in political authority.12