Louis XVI assassinated

Louis XVI is killed by a mentally deranged person in late 1782. His almost one year old son becomes King Louis XVII. Who becomes the defacto regent? Perhaps a member of the church like Talleyrand (I do belive he was a clergyman before the revolution), or some powerful aristocratic figure. Would anyone be able to reverse France's deploreable financial state and avert revolution? And will this person give any power to the boy king when he is of age?



Just a thought: if Talleyrand is able to take power mabye he will be agressive at the treaty of Paris and possibly win back some lost French territory.;)
 
Louis XVI is killed by a mentally deranged person in late 1782. His almost one lear old son becomes King Louis XVII. Who becomes the defacto regent? Perhaps a member of the church like Talleyrand (I do belive he was a clergyman before the revolution), or some powerful aristocratic figure. Would anyone be able to reverse France's deploreable financial state and avert revolution? And will this person give any power to the boy king when he is of age?



Just a thought: if Talleyrand is able to take power mabye he will be agressive at the treaty of Paris and possibly win back some lost French territory.;)

At that point the French state's finances were pretty much in the toilet. Depending on how autocratic the new government is, the crisis might get put off by a few years (if he doesn't call the Estates) or maybe brought forward (if the Jacobins just start your regular Parisian revolt). By 1782, IMHO, a crisis (if not necessarily the revolution) was pretty much inevitable.

And 200 years later, everyone's going to agree that putting a baby on the throne was what did it. "If only Louis XVI hadn't gotten kiled," they'll say. ;)
 
You never know, good ol' Talleyrand was a pretty dynamic character; but I have to agree with the fact that he wasn't superhuman and that might have been what it took to avert a major crisis. There is always a possibility, though.
 
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