King Louis XVI

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Monarch
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
Estates-General
Bourbon Restoration
Trial and Execution
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Versailles,_France
gptkbp:born August 23, 1754
gptkbp:children gptkb:Louis_Joseph,_Dauphin_of_France
gptkb:Louis_Charles,_Dauphin_of_France
gptkb:Louis_XVII
gptkb:Sophie_Hélène_Béatrice_of_France
gptkb:Marie-Thérèse_of_France
gptkbp:deathPlace Place_de_la_Révolution,_Paris,_France
gptkbp:died January 21, 1793
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Bourbon
gptkbp:era Ancien Régime
gptkbp:father gptkb:Louis,_Dauphin_of_France
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:French_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Louis XVI
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:legacy Inspiration for literature and art
Controversial figure in history
Subject of numerous historical studies
Symbol of the monarchy's downfall
Focus of revolutionary propaganda
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Maria_Josepha_of_Saxony
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:performedBy guillotine
gptkbp:politicalParty nan
gptkbp:politicalRole gptkb:King_of_France
gptkb:Commander-in-Chief_of_the_French_Armed_Forces
Head_of_State
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Élisabeth_Louise_Vigée_Le_Brun
Antoine-François Callet
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Louis_XV
gptkbp:reign 1774
1792
June 11, 1775
gptkbp:religion Catholicism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Flight_to_Varennes
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Estates-General of 1789
Trial of Louis XVI
Execution_of_Louis_XVI
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Louis_XVII