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Dauphin Louis Auguste was also known as Louis, Dauphin of France, and later became King Louis XVI of France. He married Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria. Their marriage was the catalyst to the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette embraced the lavish lifestyle of the French royal court with enthusiasm. She had little regard for the poor and struggling peasants, and spent money frivolously. For her attitude, she became the symbol of the people's hatred for the old regime during the French Revolution. When the French Revolution began, Marie Antionette supported the old regime. When the National Convention established the French Republic in 1792, Marie Antoinette and the king were imprisoned. Antoinette was beheaded on 16 October 1793.
The French monarch in 1789 was King Louis XVI. He became King of France in 1774.
No, the French Revolution was during the reign of Louis XVI.
The Hungarian statesman and orator Louis, or Lajos, Kossuth (1802-1894) was the foremost leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849 and the symbol of Magyar nationalism.