1791 ⟶ Émigrés Ordered to Return & Royal Veto

November 9: Émigrés are again ordered to return to France be...

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1791

📜 Émigrés Ordered to Return & Royal Veto

November 9: Émigrés are again ordered to return to France before January 1, 1792, under penalty of losing their property and a sentence of death. King Louis XVI vetoes the declaration on November 11, but asks his brothers to return to France.⟶

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🏘️ Assembly Orders Émigrés' Return or Property Forfeiture

July 9: The Assembly decrees that émigrés must return to France within two months, or forfeit their property.⟶

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👑 Louis XVI's Brothers Reject Return, Citing King's Captivity

December 3: Louis XVI's brothers, (the counts of Provence and Artois) refuse to return to France, citing "the moral and physical captivity in which the King is being held." ⟶

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