Absolutely furious. he was not just abandoning them; he was joining their enemies and plainly intended to join with them in an invasion and conquest of France. It was for this act of treason that he was guillotined.
With fury. This was desertion, it was going over to the enemy, it was treason.
Louis and his family tried to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands
Easy answer, He didn't, he lost his head about it.
He became convinced that his life and that of his family was in danger.
Treason - conspiring with, and attempting to escape to, the enemies of France.
Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the guillotine when he was caught trying to escape France and join forces with the Austrians.
Louis, napalion
Some of the important people in France include Napoleon Bonaparte, Joan of Arc, and Claude Monet. Other important people from France also include Louis Pasteur, Louis Braille, and Victor Hugo.
The people saw Louis as a bad king and when he tried to escape, they saw him even as a traitor.
Louis XVI was considered a traitor by the people of France because of his oppression of the poor people. The nobility would work them but then not pay, with Louis XVI consent.
He chose to remain in France and tough it out until the Queen convinced him that it was time to make their escape (Get out of Dodge.)
If you were a King trying to escape from your country, would you wear elaborate disguise and then travel in the royal limousine? No, I thought not. But Louis XVI and family did just that; their coach was one of the biggest in France and probably the most recognizable. So instead of joining the Austrian army in its projected invasion, they were dragged back to Paris and charged with treason.