Louis XVI of France
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During his reign, Louis made the fateful decision to recognize and support the United States. Without his recognition, the American Revolution would have failed, and for want of a successful example the French Revolution may very well have been averted.
Louis XVI in The Two Georges
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In 1789, an insurgency against Louis XVI was halted when the insurgents attempted to take the Bastille, and were completely defeated by Lt. Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte. Bonaparte became a hero that day, and Louis XVI's throne was saved.[1]
Louis XVI in Atlantis
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King Louis XVI was still young and fresh on the throne when the Atlantean War of Independence broke out in the 1770s. Michel du Guesclin and Atlantean General Victor Radcliff discussed how the inexperienced monarch would react when word reached him of British General William Howe's invasion of French Atlantis. Radcliff dispatched Assemblyman Custis Cawthorne to find out.[2]
News from France didn't come quickly. Radcliff had defeated Howe at Grigsby's Field, conquered Cosquer and crossed the Green Ridge Mountains to chase General Cornwallis out of New Marseille before word finally came back (via the French-speaking citizens of New Marseilles) that King Louis had declared war on Great Britain and recognized the new United States of Atlantis.[3]
- ↑ The Two Georges, ch. 9.
- ↑ The United States of Atlantis, pgs. 145-146.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 215.
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| Preceded by Louis XV | King of France 1774-1792 | Succeeded by Monarchy abolished; National Convention ruled |
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| Preceded by Louis XV | King of France 1774-???? | Succeeded by Unknown; next known is François IV of France and Spain |
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