Louis XVI of France

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Louis XVI of France
Historical Figure
Timeline:	OTL
Nationality:	France
Religion:	Catholicism
Date of Birth:	1754
Date of Death:	1793
Cause of Death:	Execution by decapitation
Occupation:	Monarch of France
Spouse:	Marie Antoinette
Children:	Four
Affiliations:	House of Bourbon
Timeline:	Atlantis
Appearance(s):	The United States of Atlantis (referenced)

Louis XVI (1754-1793), Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. Suspended and arrested during French Revolution, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed in 1793.

During his reign, Louis made the fateful decision to recognize and support the United States. 

[edit] Louis XVI in Atlantis

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.

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.

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Office
Preceded by Louis XV of France	King of France (OTL; Atlantis (series)) 1774-1792	Succeeded by Monarchy abolished; National Convention ruled