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Louis XVI

By evelyn xue

  • Birth

    Louis Auguste de France, given the title Duc de Berry at birth. Born in Versailles. Third children out of seven.

  • Marriage

    At fifteen, married the fourteen year old Habsburg Archduchess Marie Antoinette.
  • Period: to

    The Absolute Monarch of France

    Focus: religious uniformity and foreign policy
    Expelled Jesuits from France
    Lacked firmness and decisiveness
    Wanted to be loved, always consulted public opinion

  • Edict of Versailles

    ended religious persecution

  • Assembly of Notables

  • Convoked Estates General

  • French Revolution

    storming of Bastille

  • Arrested

    Sent to Temple

  • National Assembly declared France to be a Republic

  • Beheaded on guillotine

    on Place de la Revolution