Word info

Louis XVI

Noun

Meaning

king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)

Source: WordNet

Examples

Count de Monet: It is said that the people are revolting King Louis XVI : You said it. They stink on ice. Mel Brooks

King Louis XVI [prior to his arrest]: It's good to be the king. (Also used in Robin Hood- Men In Tights and The Producers [Musical]) Mel Brooks

Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!" Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?" "No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call. Rick Riordan

...the gentleness, the concessions, the morbid tenderness of Louis XVI had only tended to precipitate his own and his people's doom, and aggravate the ferocity of those he tried by kindness to disarm. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

After his accession to the throne, Louis XVI made few changes to the palace, primarily to the royal private apartments. Source: Internet

As a last-ditch attempt to get new monetary reforms approved, Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General on 8 August 1788, setting the date of their opening at 1 May 1789. Source: Internet

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