In November, evidence of Louis XVI’s opposition with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered, and he was put on trial for treason by the National Convention. On January 21 ...

PARIS, April 8 (UPI) -- A lost article by a former French executioner reveals King Louis XVI was calm and proclaimed his innocence when he was killed. The article by Paris Chief Executioner ...

The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized that a crisis loomed.