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Louis XVI

Louis XVI

1754–1793

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Last king of the Ancien Régime. Inherited a bankrupt state and a society of estates; his hesitation and flight to Varennes turned a reform crisis into a republic that later tried and executed him.

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Story so far

  1. 1754personal

    Born at Versailles

  2. 1765personal

    Becomes Dauphin

  3. 1770personal

    Marries Marie Antoinette

  4. 1774highlight

    Ascends to the throne

  5. 1778personal

    Birth of first child

  6. 1783work

    Treaty of Paris

  7. 1787highlight

    Edict of Tolerance

  8. 1789highlight

    Estates General and revolution

  9. 1791controversy

    Flight to Varennes

  10. 1792highlight

    Monarchy abolished

  11. 1793death

    Trial and execution

  12. 1793legacy

    Legacy of monarchy ended

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