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I have a few questions regarding the royal family during the time of the french revolution that can hopefully be answer!.!.!.

(1) Why Wasn't Charlotte of France (Louis XVI's Oldest Daughter) Killed By The Revolutionists!?

(2) What Reasons Led To The Death of Louis XVII (Louis XVI's Only Surviving Son) Early Death At 10 Years Old!?

(3) Who Where The Kings That Ruled Over France After Louis XVI's Death, And How Long Did They Rule For!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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3!. Louis XVI was from the House Of Bourbon!. The House Of Bourbon, under Louis XVIII (brother of Louis XVI), were restored after the Napoleonic Era in 1815!. He died in 183!? and was replaced by yet another brother Charles X!. This dummy was overthrown in 1830!. The House Of Orleans ruled from 1830 to 1848 before being overthrown!. The House Of Orleans descended from the brother of Louis XIV!. So cousins of the Bourbons!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851) was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette!. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France!. Until her marriage to the eldest son of Charles X, the court referred to her by the traditional honorific of Madame Royale!.
Once married, she assumed her husband's title and was known as the duchesse d'Angoulême!. She became the Dauphine of France upon the accession of her father-in-law to the throne of France in 1824!. She was Queen of France for twenty minutes, in 1830, between the time her father-in-law signed the instrument of abdication and the time her husband, relutanctly, signed the same document, twenty minutes later!.

On 14 July, the Bastille was stormed by an angry mob!. The situation was now critical, and several members of the royal household had to be sent abroad for their own safety!. The Prime Minister, the baron de Breteuil, had to escape to Germany!. Marie-Thérèse's youngest uncle, the reactionary comte d'Artois, was sent abroad on her father's orders!. Even her governess, the duchesse de Polignac, fled to Switzerland to escape possible assassination!. The religiously devout marquise de Tourzel was named to replace her as the new governess to the royal children!. The marquise's daughter, Pauline, became the princess's life-long friend!.
In October, Versailles was besieged by a hungry mob intent on killing the queen, and the royal family was forced to move to Paris!. They were taken to the Tuileries Palace under virtual house arrest!. From that point on, Marie-Thérèse's childhood was effectively over!.

In August 1792, the entire family was imprisoned in the Temple Fortress after the monarchy was abolished!. In January 1793, Marie-Thérèse's father, Louis XVI, was sent to the guillotine!. Father and daughter had always been very close, and his death devastated the surviving family!.
The following July, guards entered the royal family's rooms and took away Marie-Thérèse's young brother, the future Louis XVII!. The three women left in the fortress were Marie Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse and Louis XVI's youngest sister, Madame élisabeth!. Of these three, only Marie-Thérèse survived the Reign of Terror!.
Marie Antoinette was executed by Charles Henri Sanson, the former royal executioner, on 16 October!. In May 1794, Marie-Thérèse's aunt élisabeth was taken from her in the middle of the night, and executed the following day!.

On the 11th of May Maximilien Robespierre visited Marie-Thérèse in prison, but there is no record of the conversation!. It was only once the Reign of Terror subsided that Marie-Thérèse was allowed to leave France!. She was taken to Vienna, the capital city of her cousin, the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II!.


Louis-Joseph died of consumption at the height of the political crisis in early 1789!.

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