King Louis xvi was an important factor in the collapse of the ancien regime in France during the year of 1789. Although the king not fully responsible he still played a small role in the ancien regime's collapse, this is attributed to his lack of experience, his irresponsibleness and lack of intelligence. The main reason for the collapse of the ancien regime was the widening gap between the rich and the poor of France. The rich people, comprising the king and church made up the first estate; whist the nobility made up the second estate. These two estates controlled most of positions of public office and paid no taxes. Peasants of which lived terrible lives; often in poverty and starvation dominated the third estate. The French government at this time was nearly bankrupt; this was a result of excessive court spending, low revenue razing and economic mismanagement. King Louis xvi was ill suited for the leadership of France and possessed a very complex personality. Although Louis seemed quite kind and generous by nature, his manner was most usually brusque, cold and formal, marked by fits of ill humor and sharp retorts. King Louis's keeper of the seals

Still impressionable and sensitive, his true feelings remained concealed behind a facade once blunt and severe. As kind hearted as ever, the king could not bring himself to be gracious to his courtiers, to offer them sympathy in times of grief or illness, to speak to them other than off handedly or with harsh banter and tactless.

Louis XV (1710-74), king of France (1715-74), whose failure to provide strong leadership and badly needed reforms contributed to the crisis that brought on the French Revolution.

Throughout his life he was often hesitant, undignified, clumsy, reticent and self-doubting. He appeared to people to have no will of his own and, only to act under pressure. Had the king have any choice in the matter of being king, he certainly wouldn't have: he once remarked to one of his ministers who relinquished office,

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