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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.
[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."
Analysis of a handkerchief with blood traces said to have been obtained at the execution of Louis XVI of France, suggested that he may have belonged to Y-DNA haplogroup G-M201. However, testing on some of his supposed relatives show he might have belonged to haplogroup R-U106 (a subclade of R1b). [ 93 ]
Louis XVI 1754–1793 King of France r. 1774–1792: Louis XVIII 1755–1824 King of France r. 1814–1824: Charles X 1757–1836 King of France r. 1824–1830: Louis Philippe II 1747–1793 Duke of Orléans: Carlo Buonaparte 1746–1785: Louis XVII 1785–1795 King of France (claimant) r. 1793–1795: Louis Philippe I 1773–1850 King of the ...
Son born to king Louis, Count of Évreux, half-brother Louis: Heir apparent Son 4 October 1289 Born 29 November 1314 Father died, became king Charles, Count of Valois, 1289–1293, uncle Philippe, Count of Poitiers, 1293–1314, brother: Louis X: Philippe, Count of Poitiers: Heir presumptive Brother 29 November 1314 Brother became king 5 June 1316
Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène of France [1] [2] (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess.She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. Élisabeth's father, the Dauphin, was the son and heir of King Louis XV and his popular wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska ...
On 21 January 1793, Louis XVI was executed on the guillotine, at which time Marie-Thérèse's young brother Louis Charles was recognized as King Louis XVII of France by the royalists. In March 1793 General Charles François Dumouriez came up with the idea to restore the monarchy and free Marie-Antoinette and her children.
"Louis the Last" being cross-examined by the convention. The trial of Louis XVI—officially called "Citizen Louis Capet" since being dethroned—before the National Convention in December 1792 was a key event of the French Revolution. He was convicted of high treason and other crimes, resulting in his execution.