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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
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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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