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Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution.
Apr 2, 2014 · Synopsis. Louis XVII was born at the Palace of Versailles in France on March 27, 1785. His family fled Versailles during the French Revolution. After the execution of the dauphin's father, King ...
Feb 1, 2023 · Louis XVII of France was the regnal name of Louis-Charles de France (l. 1785-1795), the younger son of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) and Queen Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793). Although Louis-Charles never actually reigned as king, he was recognized by royalists as France's legitimate monarch upon the execution of his father during the ...
- Louis-Charles, dauphin of France, recognized by royalists as King Louis XVII, was imprisoned by revolutionaries during the French Revolution. While...
- A mystery has persisted surrounding Louis XVII's alleged survival; after the French Revolution, no fewer than 40 people came forward claiming to be...
- Louis XVII of France was never coronated and never actually reigned as king; the years of his "reign" were 1793-95, when France was a republic. He...
- Louis XVII of France died after nearly three years of imprisonment of scrofula, a form of tuberculosis; he was only 10 years old.
Apr 22, 2022 · His elder brother, Louis Joseph, died at the age of seven from tuberculosis in June 1789, and Louis Charles became the “Dauphin”, the title accorded to the heir apparent of the throne of France. But external events were to overtake him while he was still a child. The French Revolution, in 1789, led to the violent overthrow of the French monarchy.
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Louis (XVII) was the titular king of France from 1793. He was the second son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette, and he was the royalists’ first recognized claimant to the monarchy after his father was executed during the French Revolution.
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Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution.
Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire . Until his accession to the throne of France, he held the title of Count of Provence as brother of King Louis XVI, the last king of the Ancien Régime.