Louis XVI

The grandson of Louis XV, married to Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI was considered a well-intentioned but weak king. A heavy tax burden and court extravagances eventually led to a popular revolt and the French Revolution. He was later guillotined by the revolutionary regime.

Erich Lessing /Art Resource, NY

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Ancien Régime; Louis XVI; French Revolution

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