FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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King George and Queen Marie
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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King Ferdinand II and Isabella
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King Louis I and Queen Marjorie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; French pronunciation: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1789, food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution. King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned in August 1792, and in September the monarchy was abolished.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upon coming to the throne in 1774, Louis XVI inherited a kingdom beset with serious problems. In 1789, faced with a grave financial crisis, the king summoned a meeting of the Estates General at the palace. Later that year, ceding to popular pressure, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left Versailles for Paris.
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI, also called (until 1774) Louis-Auguste, duc de Berry, (born August 23, 1754, Versailles, France-died January 21, 1793, Paris), the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789.
Detailed explanation-5: -Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) Queen of France in 1774-1792, here during her trial by revolutionary court in 1793 during the French Revolution.