Who was Louis XVI's wife?
Louis XVI of France the masses to revolt. From 1776, Louis XVI actively supported the North American colonists, who were seeking their independence from Great Britain, which was realised in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The ensuing debt and financial crisis contributed to the unpopularity of the "Ancien Régime". This led to the convening of the Estates-General of 1789. Discontent among the members of France's middle and lower classes resulted in strengthened opposition to the French aristocracy and to the absolute monarchy, of which Louis and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, were viewed as representatives. Increasing tensions and violence marked by events such as
Louis XVI of France Louis XVI Had Had an Atom of Firmness" by André Maurois, which tell very different stories but both imagine Louis surviving and still reigning in the early 19th century. Louis appears in the children's book "Ben and Me" by Robert Lawson but does not appear in the 1953 animated short film based on the same book. Louis's formal style before the revolution was ""Louis XVI, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et de Navarre"", or "Louis XVI, by the Grace of God, King of France and of Navarre". Louis XVI of France Louis XVI (; 23 August 1754