About Louis XVI :

King Louis XVI of France.
Son of the Louis dauphin and Marie
Josephe of Saxony.
Brother of Louis XVIII and Charles X.
Succeeded his grandfather Louis XV of
France 05-10-1774.
Louis XVI was crowned king on
06-11-1775.
King of France (05-10-1774/01-21-1793).
Born 08-23-1754.
Died 01-21-1793.
He was guillotined during the French
revolution.
Louis was officially arrested on
08-13-1792.
The republic of France was declared in
09-21-1792.
Louis was tried from 12-11-1792 and
convicted of treason before the National
Assembly.
His last will was written on 12-25-1792.
He was sentenced to death 01-17-1793 by guillotine with 361 votes 288,
with 72 effective abstensions.

His last words :

I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I Pardon those who
have occasioned my death and I pray to God that the blood you are
going to shed may never be visited on France.

Contemporary drawing of Louis execution.

Louis head is shown before a cheering crowd “vive la Republique !”
Immediately after the execution, the body of Louis was transported to
the cemetery of the ancient Church of the Madeleine.
It was placed in a pit six feet square, close to the wall of the Rue d’Anjou,
and dissolved instantly by a great quantity of quicklime with which they
took the precaution to cover it.

He married 05-16-1770 Maria Antoinette (11-2- 1755 / 10-16- 1793 ).
Daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I.

Maria Antoinette   Also Maria Antoinette was guillotined on 10-16-1793. Her last words : Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father. Monsieur, I beg your pardon. Spoken to the executioner, after she stepped on his foot.

Children :

Marie Therese Charlotte ( 12-20-1778 / 10-19-1851 )
Louis Joseph Xavier Francois ( 10-22-1781 / 06-04-1789 )
Louis Charles ( 03-27-1785 / 06-08-1795 ),
Proclaimed King Louis XVII of France.
Sophie Beatrix ( 07-09-1786 / 06-19-1787 ).