Louis XVI was king of France between 1774 and 1793 and ruled together with his wife, Marie Antoinette (Who was only 14 years old when she married Louis XVI). France at the time was an aristocrat-ruled society and the king had absolute monarchy. The middle class in France was not happy about the situation, and decided to take matters in their own hands. The storming of the Bastille in 1789 marked the beginning of the french revolution, a revolution which eventually ment the end of Louis XVI's life. He was arrested in August 1792 and found guilty for high treason with a vote of 693 against 0. He was sentenced to the guillotine with a close vote and executed on January 21st, 1793. With his death, a thousand years old monarchy came to its end. Marie Antoinette was executed on October 16th the same year, together with countless of other former aristocrats.
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