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of France; succeeded his grandfather (Louis XV of France) as King of France on May 10, 1774; crowned on June 11, 1775. His father, the Louis dauphin son of Marie Leszczynska, had died in 1765. Louis was his father's third son by Marie Josephe of Saxony.
Louis XVI
Works
Works about Louis
- "Louis XVI. of France," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "French Revolution, The," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
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