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What are the differences between Louis XV Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
Louis XVI was the grandson of Louis XV. Louis XV once had a son, the official dauphin (crownprince), but he died at a very young age of smallpox. Therefore, Louis' grandson became the new dauphin, and eventually Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette was the archduchess of Austria and wife of Louis XVI
How many kings lived in the palace of Versailles?
Three kings of France made a residence at the Palace of Versailles before the French Revolution. The kings were: Louis XIII, Louis IV, and Louis XV.
When did Louis the XVI become the King of France?
He became King of France when his grandfather (the King of France then) Louis XV died, on May 10th, 1774.
Son of Louis XV?
Louis, Dauphin of France, who died in 1765 (aged 36) Philippe de France, who died in 1733 (aged 3) Both of them died before the end of Louis XV's reign. His son Louis had 3 sons before he died, making the oldest son the new Dauphin (crownprince) and this grandson of Louis XV would inherit the throne. This was Lousi XVI.
What were the conditions of France during King Louis XVI?
They weren't good. Louis XIV and Louis XV had made such a scandalous state debt, that in 1788 the country was declared bankrupt. Louis XIV had build the Versailles palace which had cost a fortune and both Louis XIV and Louis XV had involved France in the 7-year war in the USA which they shouldn't have done, because this was the final blow to the treasury. Then Louis XVI came to power on the death of his grandfather Louis XV and all of France expected him to make everything better. Though, as Louis XVI tried to do so by asking more tax money and making the clergy and nobility pay up as well, he was objected so unrespectfully against, that he dropped the plans despite the advice of his finance minister.
