Louis XVI, with his immediate family, makes…

June 1791 CE

Louis XVI, with his immediate family, makes a dash in June 1791 for the nearest friendly border, that of the Austrian-controlled Netherlands (Queen Marie-Antoinette being a sister to the Habsburg emperor, Leopold II), but in Varennes on June 21, Louis and his family are arrested by Citizen Drouet, the local postmaster, who had been alerted by a message received from nearby Sainte-Menehould.

It is said that at Sainte-Menehould, where the escaping party had spent the previous night, a merchant had alerted the town authorities of their presence after recognizing the King's face on a coin, as Louis tried to buy something from a shop.

Once more, France's king, queen, and dauphin (crown prince) return to the Tuileries in humiliating captivity.

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Varennes en Argonne Lorraine France View →

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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor View → Louis XVI of France View → Louis XVII of France View → Marie Antoinette View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Netherlands, Southern (Austrian) View →

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French Revolution View →

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