Louis XVI handwritten signed letter, Chaillou, Halle aux cuirs, 1783

  
LOUIS XVI - handwritten signed letter - Chaillou - Halle aux cuirs - 1783. LOUIS XVI - handwritten signed letter - Chaillou - Halle aux cuirs - 1783

Louis XVI, born on August 23, 1754 in Versailles as Louis-Auguste of France, was King of France and Navarre from May 10, 1774 to September 13, 1791, and then King of the French until September 21, 1792. Known at the time as Louis Capet in civil records, he was guillotined on January 21, 1793 in Paris. Son of the Dauphin Louis of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, he became Dauphin upon his father's death. Married in 1770 to Marie Antoinette of Austria, he ascended the throne in 1774 at the age of nineteen, on the death of his grandfather Louis XV. Inheriting a kingdom on the brink of bankruptcy, he launched several financial reforms, notably promoted by ministers Turgot, Calonne, and Necker, such as the proposal for an equal direct tax, but they all failed in the face of opposition from the parlements, the clergy, the nobility, and the court. He also advanced personal law reforms, including the abolition of torture and serfdom, etc. He achieved a major military victory against England through his active support for the American independents. However, French intervention in America ultimately helped ruin the kingdom.

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Louis XVI, letter, handwritten, signed, 1789, French Revolution, Parliament, Letters Patent, quarry, Canousselle Galle, leather, Mons D'aligre, historical document, 18th century, King of France

LOUIS XVI - handwritten signed letter - Chaillou - Halle aux cuirs - 1783

Louis XVI, born on August 23, 1754 in Versailles as Louis-Auguste of France, was King of France and Navarre from May 10, 1774 to September 13, 1791, and then King of the French until September 21, 1792.

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Louis XVI, letter, handwritten, signed, 1789, French Revolution, Parliament, Letters Patent, quarry, Canousselle Galle, leather, Mons D'aligre, historical document, 18th century, King of France

Louis XVI, letter, handwritten, signed, 1789, French Revolution, Parliament, Letters Patent, quarry, Canousselle Galle, leather, Mons D'aligre, historical document, 18th century, King of France.