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A depiction of the examination of King Louis XVI of France during his trial on 26 December 1792, with a description that read "the examination of Louis the Last". Illustration by Éléonore Sophie Rebel in Histoire-musée de la république Française...

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was the first of several major wars fought between the great powers of Europe in the 18th century. Triggered by the death of the sickly and childless King Charles II of Spain, the war was fought...

Charles the Simple (Charles III of France, l. 879-929, r. 893-923) was king of West Francia (roughly modern-day France) toward the end of the period of Viking raids in the region. His epithet `the simple' refers to his habit of being straightforward...

Engraving depicting the execution of King Louis XVI of France by guillotine on 21 January 1793, in the Place de la Revolution, Paris. The executioner displays his severed head to the crowd. Engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after Charles...

Portrait of Louis XVI of France, oil on canvas painting by Antoine-François Callet, 1786. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

A c. 1700 portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud of Louis XIV of France (r. 1643-1715). (Louvre Museum, Paris)

Depicts the return of Louis XVI and his family to Paris after their failed escape, 25 June 1791. By Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, c. 1791.

Louis XVI, king of France and Navarre, wearing his grand royal costume in 1779, oil on canvas by Antoine-François Callet, 1789. Palace of Versailles.

The arrest of Louis XVI and his family following their failed escape from Paris, 22 June 1791. By Thomas Falcon Marshall, 1854. Oil on canvas.

Murder of the Duke of Orléans, illumination on parchment by the Master of the Vienna Chroniques d'Angleterre, included in Enguerrand de Monstrelet's Chronique, folio 52, Bruges, c. 1470-1480. During a power struggle for the throne of France...