Louis XVI of France Historical Figure 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 Turtledove Appearances: The Two Georges POD: c. mid-1760s Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference Atlantis POD: c 85,000,000 BCE; Relevant POD: 1452 Appearance(s): The United States of Atlantis Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference

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. 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 GeorgesEdit

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 Edit

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]

1. ↑ The Two Georges, ch. 9.
2. ↑ The United States of Atlantis, pgs. 145-146.
3. ↑ Ibid., pg. 215.

Regnal titles (OTL)
Preceded by Louis XV	King of France 1774-1792	Succeeded by Monarchy abolished; National Convention ruled
Regnal titles (The Two Georges)
Preceded by Louis XV	King of France 1774-????	Succeeded by Unknown; next known is François IV of France and Spain

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