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2 days ago · Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died ...
- Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis...
- Louis Xvii
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March...
- Louis Xviii
Youth. Louis Stanislas Xavier, styled Count of Provence from...
- Princess Sophie
Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; French:...
- Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August...
- Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851)...
- Maria Leszczyńska
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (Polish: [ˈmarja...
- Louis XV
May 13, 2024 · Her second son, the future Louis XVII, was born in March 1785. The French Revolution Though the queen had supported Jacques Necker ’s return to power at the end of August 1788 and had approved of the concession of double representation to the Third Estate , her unpopularity was at its height when the Estates-General convened at Versailles in ...
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- Why is Marie-Antoinette so famous?Marie-Antoinette was queen of France from 1774 to 1793 and is associated with the decline of the French monarchy. Her alleged remark “Let them eat...
- How did Marie-Antoinette come to power?Marie-Antoinette was the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa. She was only 14 when her parents had her married...
- What was Marie-Antoinette’s reign like?As queen, Marie-Antoinette was always unpopular. She spent lavishly, but her extravagance was only a minor cause of France’s growing debt in the 17...
- What was Marie-Antoinette’s family like?Marie-Antoinette was the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa and was married to Louis XVI. Though the first sev...
- How did Marie-Antoinette die?Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 after the Revolutionary Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against the state. The royal family had been c...
May 19, 2024 · 1108–1137 Louis VI (the Fat) 1137–1180 Louis VII (the Young) 1180–1223 Philip II Augustus; 1223–1226 Louis VIII (the Lion) 1226–1270 Louis IX (St. Louis) 1270–1285 Philip III (the Bold) 1285–1314 Philip IV (the Fair) 1314–1316 Louis X (the Stubborn) 1316 John I; 1316–1322 Philip V (the Tall) 1322–1328 Charles IV (the Fair)
3 days ago · When Louis XVI was executed, Provence declared the dauphin Louis-Charles King as Louis XVII, assuming the post of regent. When the imprisoned Louis XVII died in 1795, Provence declared himself Louis XVIII. Perpetually in exile, he moved from Italy to Poland to England to Germany.
2 days ago · When Napoleon was succeeded by Louis XVIII in April 1814, Talleyrand was one of the key agents of the restoration of the House of Bourbon, although he opposed the new legislation of Louis's rule. Talleyrand was the chief French negotiator at the Congress of Vienna ; earlier that same year he signed the Treaty of Paris .
2 days ago · Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the king of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French ...
May 15, 2024 · On August 27–28, 1793, Toulon was handed over to an Anglo-Spanish fleet under the command of Hood and Adm. Juan de Lángara; they took possession of the city and its fortifications in the name of Louis XVII.
