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Bookmark or Share- Louis XVI of France - World History EncyclopediaLouis XVI (1754-1793) was the last king of France before the French Revolution (1789-99), which abolished the monarchy. He opposed most of the Revolution’s reforms and was beheaded by the revolutionaries on 21 January 1793.
- Louis XVI - WikipediaLouis 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. Louis XVI was the husband of Marie Antoinette.
- Louis XVI - Alpha HistoryLouis XVI (1754-1793) was the king of France at the outbreak of the French Revolution and, later, the revolution’s most notable victim. Though intelligent, well educated and largely well intentioned, Louis failed to understand or accept the events of the revolution.
- Louis XVI - Execution, Marie Antoinette & Children - BiographyLouis XVI was the last Bourbon king of France who was executed in 1793 for treason. In 1770 he married Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Maria Theresa and Holy Roman...
- Louis XVI | Biography, Reign, Execution, & Facts | BritannicaLouis XVI, 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.
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