Louis XVI of France

Louis XVI of France ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791. On August 13, 1792, he was arrested, tried and found guilty of treason. He was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793.

1. 1754 August 23: Born in the Palace of Versailles in France. He was the son of Dauphin Louis and his mother was Marie-Josephe of Saxony, the daughter of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
2. 1770: At the age of fifteen, Louis XVI of France married Marie Antoinette, the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife, the Empress Maria Theresa.
3. 1793: On Monday, January 21, 1793, Louis XVI of France was stripped of all titles and was placed on the guillotine in front of a cheering crowd in at the Place de la Concorde.

Today historians see Louis XVI as an honest man with good intentions who was unfit for the monarchy, and was instead used as a scapegoat.

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• 1754, August 23: Born

• 1770: Marries Marie Antoinette

• 1775: Coronation

• 1778: Declares war on England

• 1789: French Revolution begins

• 1791: Unsuccessfully attempts to flee Paris then swears allegiance to French Constitution

• 1792: Use of guillotine approved less than six months before being found guilty of treason

• 1793, January 21: Death by beheading

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