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22 hours ago · In 1815, with the final downfall of Napoleon, Louis XVIII, the younger brother of Louis XVI, became king, and considered returning the royal residence to Versailles, where he had been born. He ordered the restoration of the royal apartments, but the task and cost was too great.
5 days ago · Three days later the so-called “women’s march” on Versailles would force Louis XVI to relocate to Paris and spell the end of the palace as a royal residence.
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4 days ago · Louis XVI’s decision to convene the Estates-General in May 1789 became a turning point in French history. When he invited his subjects to express their opinions and grievances in preparation for this event—unprecedented in living memory—hundreds responded with pamphlets in which the liberal ideology of 1789 gradually began to take shape.
4 days ago · The July Revolution of 1830 in France resulted in the overthrow of an autocratic and unpopular king, Charles X, and the installation of a constitutional monarch, Louis Philippe, who had the support of the people.
4 days ago · France - Monarchy, Parlements, Revolution: In 1770 the conflict with the parlements had reached such a level that Louis XV was finally goaded into a burst of absolutist energy. The Paris Parlements, which had dared to attack Terray’s financial reform, were dissolved on January 19, 1771.
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4 days ago · Under the constitution of 1791, Louis XVI could refuse to sign a decree passed by the legislature. If the measure passed the two consecutive subsequent legislatures, it would automatically become a law.
