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.

Example Sentences

The last queen of France, Marie Antoinette was born in Austria in 1755 and sent to France to be the child bride of the future King Louis XVI.

From BBC

Louis XVI — the Sun King — and Queen Marie Antoinette held lavish banquets at Versailles before they were beheaded during the French revolution.

From Seattle Times

Sailing across the Atlantic to France in October 1776, Benjamin Franklin had 38 days to contemplate his near-impossible mission: persuading the absolute French monarchy of Louis XVI to bankroll a nascent American republic.

From New York Times

Equestrian riders will gallop on the grounds of the royal Palace of Versailles, where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette once held lavish banquets.

From Seattle Times

Here he is now in the opulent breakfast room of the Hôtel de Crillon, his gangly frame clad in sweats, wedged into a gilded Louis XVI chair, shyly requesting a glass of water.

From New York Times