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Louis XVI
King of France from 1774 to 1792
This article is about the king of France.
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Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; French:[lwisɛːz]; 23 August 1754-21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Louis XVI was the husband of Marie Antoinette.
The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), 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 grandfather's death on 10 May 1774,[5] and reigned until the abolition of the monarchy on 21 September 1792.
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From 1791 onwards, he used the style of king of the French.
The first part of Louis XVI's reign was marked by attempts to reform the French government in accordance with Enlightenment ideas. These included effor