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4 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 (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV ), and Maria Josepha of Saxony , Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765.
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3 days ago · Louis XVI (born August 23, 1754, Versailles, France—died January 21, 1793, Paris) was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. The monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792; later Louis and his queen consort, Marie-Antoinette , were guillotined on charges of counterrevolution.
- Who were Louis XVI’s parents?Louis XVI’s father was the dauphin (heir apparent) Louis, and his mother was Maria Josepha of Saxony. Although Louis was his father’s third son, he...
- What were Louis XVI’s siblings’ names?All of Louis’s elder siblings died when they were children. His younger brothers would succeed him as Louis XVIII and Charles X. His sister Elizabe...
- How did Louis XVI change the world?Louis XVI approved French military support for the American colonies in their successful struggle against the British, but the expense nearly bankr...
- How did Louis XVI die?Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was...
1 day ago · Reign of Terror and execution of Louis XVI. French Revolutionary Wars. Establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799. The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French ...
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
2 days ago · Title. Count of Provence. Relation. https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1081/ Identifier. 1081. Text. Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, younger brother of Louis XVI, later ruled as Louis XVIII (1814–24). More liberal than his brothers, Provence was no friend to reform before 1789. He left the country in June 1791, establishing a royalist center at Coblentz.
3 days ago · Paine did not become directly involved in the French Revolution until June 1791, when Louis XVI’s flight to Varennes led him to call for the abolition of the monarchy in the contributions he made to Le Républicain in 1791 and La Chronique du mois in 1792. He was in England from July 1791 to September 1792 and had to submit his articles from ...
2 days ago · Source. Cornell 4611.1.103. Relation. http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/207/ Identifier. 207. Tags. Image, Monarchy. Citation. “Louis XVI, King of the French, born 23 August 1754.,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 17, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/207. ← Previous Item. Next Item →.
