But for France, the debate over Louis XVI’s death is not just about character or compassion. Like the national soul-searching during the 1989 bicentennial celebration, it reminds the French of ...

The fates of King Louis XVI and Marie ... the Queen of France in 1830 In 1799, at the insistence of her uncle (who had styled himself Louis XVIII after Louis-Charles’ death), she married her ...

The execution of Louis XVI on January ... about Louis’ death would ultimately become just as iconic as the revolution’s act of mob violence. The guillotine’s story in France had begun ...

King Louis XVI’s Death and Final Speech “Viva La Vida ... telling the story of how he once ruled the nation of France, which seemed like the world, commanded ships at sea, and was now ...

thus becoming the head of the dynasty—one of the wealthiest in France. He was also the Prince du Sang or Prince of the Blood, second in line to the throne only behind the Count of Artois, the younger ...

THE reign of Louis XVI will forever be associated ... Then, upon his grandfather's death on May 10, 1774, he became King of France and Navarre, reigning as such until September 4, 1791, when ...

By 1789 France was broke. 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 ...