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    The royal Flight to Varennes (French: Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King...
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    Varennes-en-Argonne (French pronunciation: [vaʁɛn ɑ̃.n‿aʁɡɔn], literally Varennes in Argonne) or simply Varennes (German: Wöringen) is a commune in the...
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    1789. The June 1791 attempted flight to Varennes and her role in the War of the First Coalition were immensely damaging to her image among French citizens...
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    Louis XVI (category Legitimist pretenders to the French throne)
    224–227 Timothy Tackett, When the King Took Flight (2003) ch. 3 Tackett, Timothy (2003). "The Flight to Varennes and the Coming of the Terror". Historical...
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    Jean-Baptiste Drouet (revolutionary) (category Deputies to the French National Convention)
    key role in the arrest of King Louis XVI and his family during the Flight to Varennes. Drouet was born at Sainte-Menehould, in the province of Champagne...
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    the postmaster who recognised Louis on his flight to Varennes and was able to alert the authorities in time to stop them. Beaumont related the scene from...
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    she had not known of the Flight to Varennes beforehand and that its purpose had not been to leave the country but only retire to the countryside for the...
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    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
    for Saint-Cloud where he planned to attend Mass. A plot known as the Flight to Varennes almost enabled the king to escape from France on 20 June 1791...
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    informed beforehand of the Flight to Varennes. The night of the escape in June 1791, the queen said goodnight to her and advised her to spend some days in the...
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  • Varennes may refer to: Varennes, Quebec Varennes, Winnipeg, a neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Varennes County, a county established 1881 in...
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