Louis XVI

noun

1. 1754–93, king of France 1774–92 (grandson of Louis XV and husband of Marie Antoinette).

Louis XVI

noun

1. Louis XVI17541793MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1754–93, king of France (1774–92); grandson of Louis XV. He married Marie Antoinette in 1770 and they were guillotined during the French Revolution

Louis XVI

1. The last king of France before the French Revolution ; the husband of Marie Antoinette . He at first accepted a change from absolute monarchy ( see ancien régime ) to constitutional monarchy in France. Then he tried to flee the country and was brought back a prisoner. Radicals , including the Jacobins , assumed control of the revolution and had Louis and Marie Antoinette beheaded for treason.

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The czar and Louis XVI, among countless others, put up quite a fight before going.

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Set the machine to 1783, and there would be Louis XVI of France himself, pushing for admission to the Metsu show.

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Louis XVI thought a salon well furnished with a few fine chairs and a table.

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Louis XVI., on hearing them arrive, rose and prepared to depart.

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Louis XVI came to the throne in 1774, and reigned for nineteen years, until that fatal year of '93.

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Louis XVI, notwithstanding his scruples of conscience, allowed himself to be won over.

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Louis XVI., from the cold, insensible bridegroom, became the infatuated admirer of his long-neglected wife.

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