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King visits Paris under armed civic escort

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King visits Paris under armed civic escort

de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier · Paris · Marquis · National Guard commander

Louis XVI visited Paris and accepted the tricolor cockade as the new city authorities asserted control. Lafayette's Guard helped stage the visit as reconciliation between king and capital.

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