Definition of Louis XVI

1. Noun. 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).

Generic synonyms: King Of France

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis XVI

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Stanton Auchincloss
Louis Sullivan
Louis Untermeyer
Louis V
Louis VI
Louis VII
Louis VIII
Louis Victor de Broglie
Louis X
Louis XI
Louis XII
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI (current term)
Louis d'Outremer
Louis le Begue
Louis le Faineant
Louis le Hutin
Louis the Bruiser
Louis the Far
Louis the German
Louis the Great
Louis the Pious
Louis the Quarreller
Louis the Stammerer
Louis the Wideawake
Louisa
Louisa May Alcott

Literary usage of Louis XVI

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"Yet another, of Louis XVI. period, having an oval miniature of Marie ... 350 Louis XVI. oval gold snuff-box, panels of enamel, and framed with real diamonds ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It was from Versailles that the Parisian populace took Louis XVI and his family (6 Oct., 1789), and brought them back to Paris. The Grand Trianon was built ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"CAMILLE DESMOULINS ADVOCATING THE CONDEMNATION OF Louis XVI ... But I am ashamed to follow the advocates of Louis XVI. in this discussion of civil law. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He was the second son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; ... As the younger brother of Louis XVI he was designated Monsieur, his rank in the nobility being ..."

5. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) (1885)
"... all the attempts at reform made in succession by Louis XVI. 's advisers, whether earnest or frivolous, whether proved patriots or ambitious intriguers. ..."

6. The Development of Modern Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Current by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1907)
"The economists claimed that it would be far better to leave the manufacturer to carry on his business in his own way.1 HOW Louis XVI TRIED TO PLAY THE ..."

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