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Louis XVI executed:
Countries declare war
Outrage throughout europe

Charles I executed:
Not a peep

Was he that unlikeable?
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>>18047725
If thats true that's very sad as he's probably my oldest relative.
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>>18047725
Which countries declared war on France specifically and only because of the execution of Louis XVI?
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>>18047844
Austria
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>>18047725
>gets taken out by some uppity Puritans
>the issue of the Channel
Logistically it would have been a suicide mission to try and extract any retribution. Same reason James got BTFO'd and nobody really cared but when Louis XVI got taken out the rest of Europe tried to dogpile Napoleon
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>>18047854
wasn't that because of Marie Antoinette?
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>>18047725
There was outrage at Charles I's execution. Difference was that the only two powers with a navy and any ability to something about it, Spain and France, were caught up in the Franco-Spanish War. So while the response by nobles to Charles I's execution was universally negative, nobody did more than lip service. England was also a 2nd rate power at the time and had no real conflicting ambitions for the continent. There's also the context of Parliament, a recognized institution in England, being the one to execute the king, making it a non-issue in countries with absolute monarchy.

Louis XVI was different. The French Revolutionary government were basically peasant mobs overthrowing royalty and upending the social order. This new government was also in charge of the single wealthiest and largest population-wise country, right next to Spain, Germany, Italy. France was the top-ranked European land Great Power, so if France could fall - so could any other European state.
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Charles was unpopular not only with Parliament but also with many of his own subjects. He was seen as stubborn, duplicitous, and trying to force unpopular religious reforms.
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England is not an important country, France is



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