Louis XVI
✶August 23, 1754
†January 21, 1793
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About their life
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette. He became King of France and Navarre on his paternal grandfather's death on 10 May 1774, and reigned until the abolition of the monarchy on 21 September 1792. From 1791 onwards, he used the style of king of the French.
King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
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