Court of Louis XVI of France

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The Court of Louis XVI of France was the royal household and social-political center at Versailles during the final years of the Ancien Régime, known for its elaborate etiquette, aristocratic intrigue, and eventual collapse amid the French Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Court of Louis XVI 3
Court of Louis XVI of France canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancien Régime institution ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
associatedWith Bourbon dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Bourbon

Enlightenment-era criticism of absolutism ⓘ
French aristocracy ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
declineCause French Revolution ⓘ
loss of political legitimacy ⓘ
royal financial bankruptcy ⓘ
economicImpact heavy financial burden on royal finances ⓘ
endedBy Women’s March on Versailles ⓘ
forced move of royal family to Paris in October 1789 ⓘ
endTime 1789 ⓘ
followedBy French Revolutionary government institutions ⓘ
follows Court of Louis XV of France ⓘ
governedByCode Versailles court etiquette ⓘ
hasPart Maison du Roi ⓘ
Queen's household ⓘ
artists ⓘ
chamberlains ⓘ
confessors and chaplains ⓘ
high nobility ⓘ
ladies-in-waiting ⓘ
musicians ⓘ
pages ⓘ
princes of the blood ⓘ
royal apartments ⓘ
royal chapel ⓘ
royal guards ⓘ
royal household ⓘ
royal kitchens ⓘ
royal ministers in attendance ⓘ
royal stables ⓘ
valets de chambre ⓘ
hasSpouseOfMonarchPresent Marie Antoinette ⓘ
knownFor aristocratic intrigue ⓘ
distance from common people ⓘ
elaborate etiquette ⓘ
extravagant spending ⓘ
lavish ceremonies ⓘ
political patronage networks ⓘ
strict hierarchy of ranks ⓘ
sumptuous entertainments ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
monarch Louis XVI of France ⓘ
partOf Ancien Régime ⓘ
politicalFunction arena for noble factionalism ⓘ
informal center of royal decision-making ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat Palace of Versailles ⓘ
significantEvent Assembly of Notables (1787) ⓘ
Diamond Necklace Affair ⓘ
financial crises of the late 1780s ⓘ
outbreak of the French Revolution ⓘ
socialFunction center of aristocratic society ⓘ
startTime 1774 ⓘ
symbolized absolutist monarchy ⓘ
social inequality of the Ancien Régime ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adélaïde of France → court → Court of Louis XVI of France ⓘ
Princess Victoire of France → court → Court of Louis XVI of France ⓘ
Madame Adélaïde of France → court → Court of Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Court of Louis XVI of France
Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon → court → Court of Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Court of Louis XVI of France
Ben Franklin in Paris → depicts → Court of Louis XVI ⓘ
subject linked to: musical "Ben Franklin in Paris"
linked to: Court of Louis XVI of France
Louis René Édouard de Rohan → court → Court of Louis XVI of France ⓘ