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- king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
How To Use Louis XVI In A Sentence
- In the Church, nobles occupied all bishoprics and all the choicest abbacies and canonries, and under Louis XVI it became a matter of policy that they should.
- The gracious King Louis XVI signed over one million dollars in arms and munitions.
- Man of ability as he was, Louis XVIII. liked a pleasant jest.
- As for Louis XVI, it seems he, too, found himself unable to consummate his marriage to his Austrian wife, Marie Antoinette.
- One of the sentinels, posted inside the tower, wrote one day on the door of the king's chamber: "The guillotine is permanent, and is awaiting the tyrant, Louis XVI. The Ruin of a Princess
- This was where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were guillotined, along with more than 2,000 others between 1793 and 1795.
- A King should die standing. Louis XVIII, king of France.
- Until May 23 www. nationalgallery.org.uk It's easy enough to accept that Delaroche is using the beheaded Charles I as a trope for Louis XVI, and the background to all his paintings is full of interest. 'Don Pasquale' Arias Titillate
- Louis XVI recalled Necker to his job and agreed to recognise the National Assembly, which included the Third Estate delegates, poorer clergy and nobility sympathetic to the Third Estate cause. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
- For in reality France under Louis XVI was governed not by the nobility, but by a plutocracy in which the majority of nobles had no share.
