Jeremy David Popkin
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LOCATION: Lexington, Kentucky,
Professor of History, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Louis XVI was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. The monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792; later Louis and his queen consort, Marie-Antoinette, were guillotined on charges of counterrevolution. Louis was the third son…
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