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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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis XVI
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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