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Louis XVI - The King Who Lost His Crown and Head documentary

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@PeopleProfiles Creator 5 days ago Pinned

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@untoldroyalladies 2 days ago

The contrast between the quiet luxury of Versailles and the raw chaos of 1793 hit harder than I expected. You really feel how Louis never quite understood the world changing around him until it was already too late.

@PrettyVacant45988 15 hours ago

Very enlightening.. making pieces fit that could not b4. .ty for your astounding work.

@cjjones258 2 days ago

Louis purchased the painting "Charles I at the Hunt"... that would haunt him later on.

@jacquelinemueller7221 2 days ago

You mentioned the Hundred Years War early on in the video, as well as King Francis I of France. Are you going to do a video on the latter?

@KittyKat-4 2 days ago

The drama is so much fun! We have drama these days with lots of murders and families in reckless disputes, but sometimes it is nice to get in touch with the drama that comes to us from the past. Then we can compare and contrast to see if the world is evolving into something better. 🌎.. or not. Thank you!

@danielsantiagourtado3430 2 days ago (edited)

THANKS FOR THIS! LOVE THESE VIDEOS ❤❤❤❤

@thomasduggan8755 2 days ago

Best wishes from Manchester old England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 cheers keep up the good work ❤

@nickm9027 2 days ago

Very interesting piece. Lots of new facts for me!

@dripdownsxz2752 2 days ago

Louis Philippe next!!!

@danielsantiagourtado3430 2 days ago

Keep up the good work 😊😊😊😊

@THEINQUIRYARCHIVE-26 2 days ago

great video

@Hey_mix_kraze 2 days ago

Could you please make a video for each sultana of the female sultanate? And what about Wu Zetian? Please. ❤❤❤

@Mnemarch 2 days ago

Louis XVI is a good example of how financial decisions can eventually become political crises. Strategic choices increased debt, while economic hardship and institutional rigidity reinforced each other until the system became unstable. One pressure rarely stays isolated for long. That’s the kind of recurring pattern I explore on Mnemarch.

@TheFoundingFire 1 day ago

The Flight to Varennes detail always gets me — Louis was recognized by a postmaster from his own face on a coin. Imagine being betrayed by your portrait on pocket change. If the carriage had just kept moving instead of stopping for supper in Sainte-Menehould, French history might look completely different.

@AndyDeLeener 2 days ago (edited)

The girondins being called a radical faction is hilarious if you know robbespierre came after them.

@HistorysHiddenLove 2 days ago

The supreme irony of his reign: achieving brilliant revenge against Britain by securing American independence in 1783 [17:28, 17:36], only for that exact financial debt (100 million livres a year in interest alone) [20:36, 20:44] to bankrupt the French crown and bring down the guillotine on his own neck a decade later [37:21]. History writes the harshest scripts.

@benwillcrow4578 2 days ago

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@Consrignrant 2 days ago (edited)

The details of the "Affaire of the Necklace" are incorrect. Also, the plan was to escape to the monarchist held northern France and not to the Austrian Netherlands.