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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.
Descendants of two of the sons of Old Olof (who was born about 1380) were identified as G-Y12970*, and descendants of his alleged brother Fale as G-Y16788. The test result supports genealogical information recorded in about 1610 by Johannes Bureus .
[4] Philip was buried at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. [5] Abbot Suger, who was a close friend of Louis VI, advised the grief-stricken king to "crown his son Louis (the future Louis VII), a very fine child, have him anointed with the sacred oil, and make him king with him, in order to prevent any disturbance from his rivals."
Louis XVI 1754–1793 King of France r. 1774–1792: Louis XVIII 1755–1824 King of France r. 1815–1824: Marie Joséphine of Savoy 1753–1810: Charles X 1757–1836 King of France r. 1824–1830: Maria Theresa of Savoy 1756–1805: Clotilde 1759–1802: Charles Emmanuel IV 1751–1819 King of Sardinia: Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon ...
Based at the Palais-Royal, the Duke of Orléans Louis-Philippe II contested the authority of his cousin Louis XVI in the adjacent Louvre. His son would eventually ascend to the throne in 1830 as Louis-Philippe I, King of the French. The descendants of the family are the Orléanist pretenders to the French throne.
for Philip, brother of King Louis XIV: Duke of Chartres: 1661: Royal family: abolished 1790: for Philip, brother of King Louis XIV: Duke of Valois: 1661: Royal family: abolished 1790: for Philip, brother of King Louis XIV: Duke of Randan: 1661: La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale: extinct 1714 Duke of Verneuil: 1663: Bourbon: extinct 1682
Until his accession to the throne of France, he held the title of Count of Provence as brother of King Louis XVI, the last king of the Ancien Régime. On 21 September 1792, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and deposed Louis XVI, who was later executed by guillotine . [ 3 ]
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France , died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution .