BIRTH OF LOUIS CHARLES

DUVIVIER, Benjamin: France, 1785, Bronze, 42 mm
Obv: Bust of Louis XVI    LUD. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS.
Rev: Woman seated beneath palm trees writing on tablet    NATALES LUDOVICI CAROLI DUCIS NEUSTRIAE
Exergue:  XXVII MARTII MDCCLXXXV
Signed:  B. DU VIVIER F. / DUV.
Ref:  Weiss BW111

Born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy, Louis Charles (Louis XVII) was the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.   When his father was executed in 1793, during the middle-period of the French Revolution, he became the nominal King of France and Navarre in the eyes of the royalists. However, since France was by then a republic, and Louis Charles was imprisoned, he was never officially king, nor did he rule. He died at the age of 10.

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