The 1775 coronation of Louis XVI was the last ever held for a French king
The grand 1775 coronation of Louis XVI at Reims Cathedral marked the final time a French king would be anointed in the ancient traditions of the monarchy.
Louis XVI was crowned in a lavish ceremony at Reims on June 11, 1775, following a centuries-old tradition intended to signify divine right. Though the event was a spectacle of wealth and power, it took place against a backdrop of rising bread prices and social unrest that would eventually ignite the French Revolution.
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