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NAME: Louis XVII
OCCUPATION: King
BIRTH DATE: March 27, 1785
DEATH DATE: June 08, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH: Versailles, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Originally: Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy
Full Name: Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France
Full Name: Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France

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Louis XVII was named king of France and held the title for two years during the French Revolution until his death in prison.

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With the overthrow of the monarchy in the insurrection of August 1792, Louis-Charles, the son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette, was imprisoned with the rest of the royal family in Paris. Louis XVI was beheaded in January 1793, and French émigrés proclaimed Louis-Charles the new king of France. He spent his entire “reign” in hiding or in prison and died at age 10, imprisoned.

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