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King Louis XVI was one of the most ineffective rulers of France (and that's saying a lot because it's France). After his reforms failed, he basically "checked out" mentally from the day-to-day operations of running a nation. He just ate, and ate some more and hunted -- that was it.

He was pressed by Marie Antoinette not to give up absolute rule like the Third Estate demanded and by the time King Louis had realized how far the Revolution had come, it was at his front door.

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