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Adieu louis xvi biography

          The Last Adieu of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette..

          A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers Louis XVI of France, who was gui.

        1. This eye witness was one Leboucher, who arrived in Paris from Bourges in December, , and was present at the execution of Louis XVI.
        2. The Last Adieu of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
        3. The two hundred year mystery of the ultimate fate of the orphaned son of the beheaded monarchs, Marie Antoinette and Louis xvi, is told in this well researched.
        4. He ascended the throne in and faced numerous challenges, including financial crises and growing discontent among the French population.

          5. Louis XVI (1754-1793)

          Louis XVI, 1781  ©Louis was king of France when the monarchy was overthrown during the French Revolution. He was guillotined in 1793.

          Louis was born at Versailles on 23 August 1754.

          In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette, daughter of the emperor and empress of Austria, a match intended to consolidate an alliance between France and Austria. In 1774, Louis succeeded his grandfather Louis XV as king of France.

          But, subdued by the influences of death, he bade that brother an eternal adieu, with even fond caresses.

          Louis initially supported attempts by his ministers Jacques Turgot and later Jacques Necker to relieve France's financial problems. French support for the colonists in the American War of Independence had brought the country to the verge of bankruptcy.

          Meanwhile, accusations of frivolity, extravagance and scandalous behaviour against the queen, Marie Antoinette, further discredited the monarchy.

          In 1789, to avert the deepening crisis, Louis agreed to summon the 'estates-general' (a form of parliament, but without real power) in order to try and rai