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Louis XVI 1754-1793
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Louis XVI
Detail from the
painting by Antoine-François Callet, 1786
Musée Carnavalet,
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Louis XVI, also called Louis-Auguste
or Duc de Berry, was
king of France from 1774 until 1792.
In 1770, Louis married
Marie-Antoinette.
Louis decided to flee the
country but was caught on June 21, 1791, at Varennes.
On August 10, 1792, the
Tuileries palace was stormed by the mob and the French were
done with the monarchy. Louis, Antoinette, their children,
and then some, were locked up, on August 13, 1792, in the
Temple prison.
Louis signed his last will on
December 25, 1792.
Here you can read
The Last Will of Louis XVI.
A victim of the
French Revolution,
he was executed on January 21, 1793.
See also
Governments of France.
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