Louis the Unfortunate

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:born August 23, 1754
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Saint_Denis_Basilica
gptkbp:children gptkb:Louis_Joseph,_Duke_of_Burgundy
gptkb:Marie_Thérèse_of_France
gptkb:Sophie_Hélène_Béatrice_of_France
gptkb:Louis_Charles,_Duke_of_Normandy
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Various films and literature
gptkbp:died January 21, 1793
gptkbp:famousQuote "I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge."
gptkbp:father gptkb:Louis,_Dauphin_of_France
gptkbp:finaleDate June 11, 1775
gptkbp:historical_significance Last_king_of_France_before_the_revolution
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:French_Enlightenment
Reign of Terror
Tensions with the nobility
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Formation of the First French Republic
Rise of republicanism
Napoleonic Wars aftermath
Establishment_of_the_National_Assembly
Economic_crisis_in_France
American_Revolutionary_War_impact_on_France
Rise_of_radical_factions_in_France
Social_inequality_in_France
War_against_Austria_and_Prussia
Influence_of_philosophers_like_Rousseau_and_Voltaire
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Bourbon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louis the Unfortunate
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:legacy Symbol of the monarchy's downfall
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Maria_Josepha_of_Saxony
gptkbp:name gptkb:Louis_XVI
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:party Constitutional monarchy
gptkbp:performedBy guillotine
gptkbp:politicalPosition Absolute monarchy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Louis_XV_of_France
gptkbp:reign gptkb:Louis_XVI_of_France
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Storming_of_the_Bastille
gptkb:Flight_to_Varennes
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
September Massacres
Estates-General of 1789
Trial of Louis XVI
Abolition of the monarchy
Execution_of_Marie_Antoinette
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Louis_XVIII_of_France
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_France