Louis XVI of France

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Bourbon dynasty member King of France human monarch

Louis XVI of France was the last Bourbon king before the French Revolution, whose reign saw France’s crucial support for the American Revolution and ended with his execution in 1793.

Aliases (4)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bourbon dynasty member → King of France → human → monarch →
alliedWith	United States of America →
birthCountry	Kingdom of France →
birthDate	1754-08-23 →
birthPlace	Palace of Versailles → Versailles →
burialPlace	Madeleine Cemetery, Paris →
causeOfDeath	execution by guillotine →
chargedWith	high treason →
child	Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France → Louis XVII of France → Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France → Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France →
convictedBy	National Convention →
coronationDate	1775-06-11 →
coronationPlace	Reims Cathedral →
deathCountry	French First Republic →
deathDate	1793-01-21 →
deathPlace	Paris → Place de la Révolution →
event	Abolition of the monarchy in France (1792) → Flight to Varennes → Storming of the Bastille → Women’s March on Versailles →
father	Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) →
fullName	Louis-Auguste de France →
house	House of Bourbon →
involvedIn	French Revolution →
languageSpoken	French →
marriageDate	1770-05-16 →
mother	Maria Josepha of Saxony →
nationality	French →
notableFor	being the last Bourbon king of France before the French Revolution → granting French support to the American Revolution → his execution in 1793 →
positionHeld	King of France and Navarre → King of the French →
predecessor	Louis XV of France →
reburialPlace	Basilica of Saint-Denis →
regnalName	Louis XVI →
reignEnd	1792-09-21 →
reignStart	1774-05-10 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sibling	Charles X of France → Louis XVIII of France → Madame Clotilde of France → Madame Élisabeth of France →
signed	Treaty of Alliance (1778) → Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) →
spouse	Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria → Marie Antoinette →
successor	Louis XVII of France →
supported	American Revolutionary War →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Capetian dynasty → House of Bourbon →	hasNotableMember
Legislative Assembly (France) → National Constituent Assembly →	headOfStateDuring
Louisville, Georgia → Louisville, Kentucky ("King Louis XVI of France") →	namedAfter
French royal court → Kingdom of France →	notableMonarch
Storming of the Tuileries Palace ("King Louis XVI") → War of the First Coalition ("King Louis XVI of France") →	opponent
Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau →	servedUnder
Charles X of France → Louis XVIII of France →	sibling
Antoine Barnave →	advisorTo
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot →	appointedBy
Château de la Muette →	associatedWith
Fête de la Fédération ("Louis XVI") →	attendee
Estates-General of 1789 ("Louis XVI") →	convenedBy
Louis XVI of France ("Louis-Auguste de France") →	fullName
Petit Trianon →	hasNotableResident
French Crown →	hasNotableRuler
Flight to Varennes ("Louis XVI") →	hasParticipant
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot →	headOfGovernment
Legislative Assembly ("Louis XVI") →	headOfStateDuringTerm
Kingdom of France →	lastMonarch
Women’s March on Versailles ("King Louis XVI") →	mainParticipants
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes →	monarch
Estates-General of 1789 ("Louis XVI") →	monarchAtTime
Kings of France →	notableKing
Tuileries Palace ("Louis XVI") →	notableResident
Ancien Régime ("Louis XVI") →	notableRuler
Fête de la Fédération ("Louis XVI") →	oathSwornBy
French Revolution →	opposedMonarch
Académie royale de musique ("Louis XVI") →	patron
Louis XVI of France ("Louis XVI") →	regnalName
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) →	signatoryParty
French Constitution of 1791 ("Louis XVI") →	signedByMonarch
Treaty of Alliance (1778) →	signedUnderMonarch
Marie Antoinette →	spouse
Louis XV of France →	successor
French National Convention ("Louis XVI") →	tried
Château de Fontainebleau →	usedBy
Execution of Louis XVI →	victim
Regent Diamond →	wornBy