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Feb 9, 2010 · January | 21. Choose another date. 1793. King Louis XVI executed. One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention,...
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Louis was tried by the National Convention (self-instituted as a tribunal for the occasion), found guilty of high treason and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. Louis XVI was the only king of France ever to be executed, and his death brought an end to more than a thousand years of continuous French monarchy.
- 10 May 1774 – 21 September 1792
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Apr 2, 2014 · Royalty. Louis XVI was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. He was married to Marie Antoinette and was executed for treason...
The former Louis XVI mounts the scaffold. The Convention finalised the former king’s death warrant on January 20th and ordered his execution within 24 hours. On receiving this order, Louis requested a three-day stay of execution, to farewell his wife and children and prepare “to appear in the presence of Almighty God”.
Louis XVI, (born Aug. 23, 1754, Versailles, France—died Jan. 21, 1793, Paris), Last king of France (1774–92) in the Bourbon line preceding the French Revolution. In 1770 he married Marie-Antoinette , and in 1774 he succeeded to the throne on the death of his grandfather, Louis XV .
He was guillotined on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie-Antoinette, was guillotined nine months later, and their son Louis (XVII) died at the age of 10 while imprisoned by the Revolutionary government.
Date of Birth - Death August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793. The last king of the Ancien Regime of France, Louis XVI was born on August 23, 1754. He was the third son of the dauphin or heir. When his father died, Louis became the dauphin, next in line to the throne.
