Article: Louis XVI (France) (17541793; Ruled 17741792)

LOUIS XVI (FRANCE) (1754 1793; ruled 1774 1792)

LOUIS XVI (FRANCE) (1754 1793; ruled 1774 1792), king of France. Louis-Auguste, duc de Berry was the second surviving son of the heir to the throne (dauphin) Louis-Ferdinand and his second wife, Marie-Th é r è se-Antoinette-Rapha ë lle, daughter of Augustus III, elector of Saxony and king of Poland. Louis's elder brother, the duc de Bourgogne, died in 1761, so when their father died in 1765, he became eldest male heir to his grandfather, Louis XV. Once thought a dull child, recent research has shown that he was a well-taught, reflective, and intelligent student, particularly interested in the sciences ...

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