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| Louis XVI aged 20. |
Louis Auguste was born in the Palace of Versailles in Paris on 23 August 1754. At the age of 15 he married a very young Marie Antoinette, who was just 14. He became king in 1774.
Distinctive Louis XVI style furniture, known as neo classical, became very popular during the king's reign.
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| A Louis XVI chair, which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. |
