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Louis XVI of France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, after which he was subsequently King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution.

Biography

With the death of his father and his two older brothers in 1765 as well as the death of his grandfather, Louis XV in 1774, he ascended to the throne. His 19-year reign would become increasingly agitated since the Court was incapable of reform. Louis XV had merely covered up the nation's problems without actually resolving anything.

What decisions he actually managed to make turned against him. He was a great supporter of the American Revolutionary War which, by 1789, resulted in the kingdom turning to ruin as the debt-ridden France had reached a state of bankruptcy. This situation was exacerbated by the trade treaty with London, who were way ahead of the French technologically, inundated France with their industrial products, spelling ruin for French artisans. Some of the products would even be used in the revolutionary riots.

In summer of 1791, with the revolution heating up, Louis secretly fled to supposedly loyal troops in the East. When the grounds of the Tuileries were invaded, Louis took refuge in the National Assembly where he was arrested soon after and was stripped of his power and sent to the Temple.

Those who testified on Louis' behalf were killed in two instances while documents that could have proven his innocence were not passed on to his defenders. Louis was thereby executed on January 21, 1793 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris France.

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 ==Biography==
-Louis was never meant to become king, but his father died in 1765, followed by his two older brothers. When his grandfather Louis XV died in 1774, he came to a throne for which he was ill-prepared. Louis and his wife would fail to provide France with an heir for seven year, to the derision of the French people. Even the celebrations of their wedding day would end in tragedy, with the death of one hundred Parisians following a stampede at a fireworks display.
+With the death of his father and his two older brothers in 1765 as well as the death of his grandfather, Louis XV in 1774, he ascended to the throne. His 19-year reign would become increasingly agitated since the Court was incapable of reform. Louis XV had merely covered up the nation's problems without actually resolving anything.
+What decisions he actually managed to make turned against him. He was a great supporter of the [[American Revolutionary War]] which, by 1789, resulted in the kingdom turning to ruin as the debt-ridden France had reached a state of bankruptcy. This situation was exacerbated by the trade treaty with London, who were way ahead of the French technologically, inundated France with their industrial products, spelling ruin for French artisans. Some of the products would even be used in the revolutionary riots.
-An indecisive man, in the words of one deputy, "the king spent his whole life saying each evening that he was mistaken that same morning." As his younger brother (the future Charles X) would say, not without irony: "Trying to get Louis to hold to a position was like trying to hold greased billiard balls together".
+In summer of 1791, with the revolution heating up, Louis secretly fled to supposedly loyal troops in the East. When the grounds of the Tuileries were invaded, Louis took refuge in the National Assembly where he was arrested soon after and was stripped of his power and sent to the Temple.
-His 19-year reign would become increasingly agitated since the Court was incapable of reform. Louis XV had merely covered up the nation's problems without actually resolving anything. His heir wished to be called "Louis the Severe" to contrast with the permissiveness and debauchery of his grandfather. But as far as public opinion was concerned, he would be "Louis the Weak".
+Those who testified on Louis' behalf were killed in two instances while documents that could have proven his innocence were not passed on to his defenders. Louis was thereby executed on January 21, 1793 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris France.
-What decisions he actually managed to make turned against him. He was a great supporter of the [[American Revolutionary War]] which, by 1789, resulted in the kingdom turning to ruin as the debt-ridden France had reached a state of virtual bankruptcy. This situation was exacerbated by the trade treaty with London: the British, who were way ahead of the French technologically, inundated France with their industrial products, spelling ruin for French artisans. Some of the products would even be used in the revolutionary riots.
-While food shortages were due to bad crops and weather, those who were hungry blamed them on the rich. Meanwhile, pampered and pensioned in [[Versailles]] far away from their roots, the nobility had become another adversary that would further undermine the system. The same went for the lower orders of the clergy, who shared the general misery of their flock. The king didn't see it coming. The nobles would bring about the revolution to which they too would fall victim.
-In summer of 1791, with the revolution heating up, Louis approved the perilous plan to secretly flee from Paris to the supposedly loyal troops in the East. They royal family's arrest at Varennes would spell the end of absolute monarchy. On August 10, 1791, when the grounds of the Tuileries were invaded, Louis took refuge in the National Assembly, but the damage was done. Shortly thereafter, he was stripped of his power, arrested, and sent to the medieval fortress of the Temple.
-His trial was brief, and ultimately only for show: witnesses who testified in his favor were massacred in two instances, while the documents that could have proved him innocent were not passed on to his defenders. In short, it was a travesty. The judges had all but decided on the verdict form the onset. Louis was thereby executed on January 21, 1793 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris France.
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