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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.
Louis XV 1710–1774 King of France r. 1715–1774: Louis 1703–1752 Duke of Orléans: Louis 1729–1765 Dauphin of France: Louis Philippe I 1725–1785 Duke of Orléans Bonaparte: 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 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 ...
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851) was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799 she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême , the eldest son of Charles, Count of Artois , henceforth becoming the Duchess of Angoulême .
She still hoped her son Louis-Charles, whom the exiled Count of Provence, Louis XVI's brother, had recognized as Louis XVI's successor, would one day rule France. The royalists and the refractory clergy , including those preparing the insurrection in Vendée , supported Marie Antoinette and the return to the monarchy.
No co-king 1031–1059 Philippe (I) Son: 23 May 1059: 4 August 1060: Became sole king Philippe I: No co-king 1060–1108 Louis VI: No co-king 1108–1129 Philippe: Son: 14 April 1129: 13 October 1131: Died No co-king 13–25 Oct 1131 Louis (VII) Son: 25 October 1131: 1 August 1137: Became sole king Louis VII: No co-king 1037–1079 Philippe (II ...
The statue of King Louis XVI was showered with confetti Sept. 10, 2004. It was announced that the statue, donated to the city in 1967, would be cleaned and repaired.
She was said to have a physical resemblance to Louis XVI and to his daughter Marie Thérèse of France, and because of this, she has sometimes been speculated to be the secret illegitimate daughter of the king. [1] She was the second eldest of her parents' four children, but she was the only one of her siblings to be adopted by the royal family.