Louis Bourbon (British Louisiana)

Louis Bourbon (August 23, 1754 – Februrary 12, 1811) was the last king of France as Louis XVI.

His involvment in the American Independence War and other excecive expenses for the monarchy and the nobility, together to some of bad harvests, lead to a full scale insurrection in France, and the king was imprissoned in 1787.

The king formally abdicated in 1788 and was deported to Spain, which granted Assylum. Legitimatists, however, keep recongizing Louis XVI as the true ruler of France, creating a constant threat to the French Republic.

In 1808, sick, Louis Bourbon decreeted to his followers an abolishment of the salic law, and formally relinquished his pretensions and any pretension from his heirs, to the throne of France. With this legitimation of the French Republic, France could reestablish realtionships with and other European monarchies.