Louis XVI 1780 – seated

“Like a pillow, the last person to sit on it leaves the impression.”
AKA
"Louis the Last"
King Louis XVI
Born
1754
Died
1793
Portrait Year
1790
Portrait Age
36

Louis XVI (1754-1793; reigned 1774-1791) was a slow, well-meaning, but stubborn man. Like his grandfather Louis XV, he showed genuine concern for his subjects. He lacked a strong will and was the pawn of special interests. He paid for his weakness at the guillotine. He would have been an excellent constitutional monarch, had he been able to bring the Bourbons through the first two years of the Revolution.

Region
France