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Was Lestat de Lioncourt a real person?
No. He is a fictional character created by the author Anne Rice - however, she did base Lestat on her husband, Stan Rice. At least in the first part of the Vampire Chronicles - 'Interview with the vampire'. And partly on herself, later, regarding that she's also said that "Lestat is me." But originally, she based him on her husband, as well as Louis on herself and Claudia on their daughter, Michele.
Did anything tragic happen Louis Riels life?
The most tragic aspect of Louis Riel's life is that he was convicted of treason and was executed by the Canadian government.
How did the reign of Louis XV and Louis XVI contribute to the causes of the French revolution?
During the Seven Year's War France lost most of its overseas treasure to Great Britain. The resulting ecomnomic damage almost destroyed the monarchy. However, some of the economic was repaired in the 1760's by the minister, the duc de Choiseul but Louis XIV and Louis XV left his successor, Louis XVI, a debt of 4000 million livres when he died in 1774. In 1788 the French government went bankrupt. Louis XVI never could set the debt straight again and was eventually guillotined for it.
Louis XVI's family get guillotined?
He and his wife Marie Antoinette were indeed beheaded, though none of their children or other relatives shared this fate. Two of them (Louis Joseph and Sophie Beatrix Helene) already died before the revolution started off, Louis Charles was abused while imprissoned and separated from his family. He eventually died at the age of 10. The only child that survived the revolution was their oldest, their daughter Marie Therese. She was released together with Louis XVI's sister. Louis XVI's brother fled abroad during the revolution and eventually died of natural causes. Hi this is all a lie
Who was the leading painter of the French revolution?
Jacques-Louis David.
