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During the initial phase of the French Revolution, there was hope that Louis XVI would reign as a constitutional monarch. After the National Assembly discovered that Louis had no such intention, why didn't they push for a willing relative of Louis's to take the throne? Like the Duke of Orleans?

by /u/Vambrosek in /r/AskHistorians

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