Louis XVI

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noun

1754–93, king of France 1774–92 (grandson of Louis XV and husband of Marie Antoinette).

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How to use Louis XVI in a sentence

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Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI.
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In 2008 then Pope Benedict XVI stated quite pointedly that animals are “not called to the eternal life.”
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In St. Louis, I believe, for a change of clothes and to go to a nightclub.
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Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.
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The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.
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But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
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British Dictionary definitions for Louis XVI

Louis XVI

noun

1754–93, king of France (1774–92); grandson of Louis XV. He married Marie Antoinette in 1770 and they were guillotined during the French Revolution

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Cultural definitions for Louis XVI

Louis XVI

[ (looh-ee) ]

The last king of France before the French Revolution; the husband of Marie Antoinette. He at first accepted a change from absolute monarchy (see ancien régime) to constitutional monarchy in France. Then he tried to flee the country and was brought back a prisoner. Radicals, including the Jacobins, assumed control of the revolution and had Louis and Marie Antoinette beheaded for treason.