Nearly 1,000 years of French Monarchy all led to Louis XVI. There were a lot of terrible kings in that time. Ruthless schemers, deranged madmen, and extravagant hedonists. Yet it was Louis XVI who ...

“Louisville will get a statue of King Louis XVI from her sister city, Montpellier, France, if arrangements for transportation can be worked out. A representative of the Montpellier mayor discussed the ...

Louis the XVI is most famous for getting his head whacked off—along with wife Marie Antoinette—during the French Revolution. But was he doomed from the start, or did his own mental health limitations ...

This is a bronze, French 2 sols coin from 1792, which was the last year of Louis XVI's reign in France. King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine in January 1793 after being founf guilty of high ...

New genetic evidence casts further doubt on the authenticity of a grisly French relic: a gourd long believed to be stained with the blood of Louis XVI. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The statue of King Louis XVI that stood for decades in downtown Louisville before it was damaged during racial justice demonstrations in 2020 may get restored and reappear in the city. But where and ...

YOU’RE WATCHING. KEY NEWS. A PIECE OF LOUISVILLE HISTORY COULD SOON RETURN TO DOWNTOWN. METRO COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FUNDING TO RESTORE THE STATUE OF KING LOUIS XVI. THE MONUMENT WAS VANDALIZED DURING ...