Lot Essay
Louis XVI (1754-1793) married Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Archduchess of Austria, in 1770 and succeeded his grandfather to the throne in 1774.
Marie Thérèse (1778-1851), the King's daughter married her first cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme (1775-1844) in 1799. Louis Antoine, son of Charles X later became Dauphin and titular King Louis XIX.
Madame Elizabeth (1764-1794), the King's sister, shared the sufferings of her brother and was guillotined with him and his family.
Marie-Therese (1756-1805), 3rd daughter of Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, married Charles Philippe (1757-1836), Count of Artois, later Charles X in 1773.
Jean Siffrein, abbé Maury (1746-1817), was the King's priest at Versailles. He became a member of the Academie Francaise in 1784. When the Constitution was dissolved he left for Rome where he was made Archbishop of Nicea in 1792 and Cardinal-Priest of Sainte Trinité on Mount Picino. In 1805 Napoleon offered him the Cardinal's honour in France and a place in the Senate. He fell from favour with the Pope for his disloyality with the Church.
Gilbert Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834) engaged as a mercenary in the American War of Independence on the side of the colonists. He served under Washington, whom he revered as a surrogate father. On his return to France, Louis XVI made him maréchal de camp. In 1787 he was elected to the Assembly of Notables but when the Estates became the National Assembly he identified with the commons. La Fayette stayed moderate and when he plotted to use his army to restore Louis to power, the Assembly indicted him for treason, a danger he escaped by defecting.
Jean-Sulvain Bailly (1836-1793), first Mayor of Paris, became deputy at the Estates General and was made doyen of the Third Estate and president of the Assemblée Constituante. He received the King in the town hall on 17 July 1789. Together with La Fayette, Bailly suppressed the people's riot which led to the massacre of the Champs de Mars. Once the constitution was accomplished, Bailly retired from his post as president of the National Assembly and was without delay arrested and sentenced to death because of his anti-revolutionary actions on the Champ-de-Mars
Marie Thérèse (1778-1851), the King's daughter married her first cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme (1775-1844) in 1799. Louis Antoine, son of Charles X later became Dauphin and titular King Louis XIX.
Madame Elizabeth (1764-1794), the King's sister, shared the sufferings of her brother and was guillotined with him and his family.
Marie-Therese (1756-1805), 3rd daughter of Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, married Charles Philippe (1757-1836), Count of Artois, later Charles X in 1773.
Jean Siffrein, abbé Maury (1746-1817), was the King's priest at Versailles. He became a member of the Academie Francaise in 1784. When the Constitution was dissolved he left for Rome where he was made Archbishop of Nicea in 1792 and Cardinal-Priest of Sainte Trinité on Mount Picino. In 1805 Napoleon offered him the Cardinal's honour in France and a place in the Senate. He fell from favour with the Pope for his disloyality with the Church.
Gilbert Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834) engaged as a mercenary in the American War of Independence on the side of the colonists. He served under Washington, whom he revered as a surrogate father. On his return to France, Louis XVI made him maréchal de camp. In 1787 he was elected to the Assembly of Notables but when the Estates became the National Assembly he identified with the commons. La Fayette stayed moderate and when he plotted to use his army to restore Louis to power, the Assembly indicted him for treason, a danger he escaped by defecting.
Jean-Sulvain Bailly (1836-1793), first Mayor of Paris, became deputy at the Estates General and was made doyen of the Third Estate and president of the Assemblée Constituante. He received the King in the town hall on 17 July 1789. Together with La Fayette, Bailly suppressed the people's riot which led to the massacre of the Champs de Mars. Once the constitution was accomplished, Bailly retired from his post as president of the National Assembly and was without delay arrested and sentenced to death because of his anti-revolutionary actions on the Champ-de-Mars