Intro

Question 1

Louis sixteenth in letters

Answer 1

Louis XVI

Question 2

What year did Louis become king

Answer 2

1774

Question 3

At what age was Louis when he ascended the throne

Answer 3

20

Question 4

Did Louis think he’d become king

Answer 4

no, as his elder brother and father both died before they were supposed to rule

Question 5

When did Louis and Marie Antoinette marry

Answer 5

1770

Question 6

At what age did Louis XVI marry Marie who was what age

Answer 6

Louis = age 15
Marie = age 14

Question 7

How many years was it after marrying did it take Louis and Marie to have be their first child & why is it relevant

Answer 7

8 years

Source of gossip

Question 8

Marie Antionette nickname as a spendthrift

Answer 8

Madame Déficit

Question 9

What country is Marie Antionette from

Answer 9

Austria

Question 10

Who was Marie Antionette rumoured to have an affair with

Answer 10

Cardinal Rohan

Question 11

Marie Antoinette nickname the Austrian bitch - why?

Answer 11

L’Autrichienne

She used her influence to advance her own pro-Austrian clique in terms of patronage

Question 12

What was patronage

Answer 12

The provision of appointments to offices and the granting of privileges

Question 13

Example of divine right and divine will in despotic custom

Answer 13

Lettres de cachet

Question 14

Did Louis use lettres de cachet as much as his predecessor

Answer 14

Louis XV his grandfather used them in exc as whereas Louis reigned in the use of them under his rule

Question 15

What 3 councils did the King meet with

Answer 15

The Conseil d’etat - council of state, dealt with major issues of state & foreign affairs
Conseil des dépêches - received des patches from kings officials in provinces & dealt with church affairs
Conseil royal de finances - managed state finances& household costs and after 1787 handled by economic policy