“...the former King Louis XVI, who, after titles were abolished, was now simply called "Louis Capet" - a mocking reference to his distant ancestor Hugh Capet, who had assumed the throne in the year 987.”
Tom Reiss
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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