page_title: French Revolution
section_title: Royal family tries to leave Paris
hierarchical_section_title: French Revolution / The National Assembly / Royal family tries to leave Paris
caption_attribution_description: Retour de Varennes. Arrivée de Louis Seize à Paris, le 25 juin 1791 English: The tall building is the Barrière du Roule, part of the Wall of the Farmers-General, and designed by the architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
context_page_description: The French Revolution was a revolution in France from 1789 to 1799. The result of the French Revolution was the end of the monarchy. King Louis XVI was executed in 1793. The revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte took power in November 1799. In 1804, he became Emperor.
  Before 1789, France was ruled by the nobles and the Catholic Church. The ideas of the Enlightenment were beginning to make the ordinary people want more power. They could see that the American Revolution had created a country in which the people had power, instead of a king. The government before the revolution was called the "Ancient Regime".
context_section_description: Louis XVI did not like the revolution, but did not want to get help from other countries or run away from France like the émigrés. General Bouille held the same views and wanted to help the king leave Paris. He said that he would give the King and his family help and support in his camp at Montmédy. The escape was planned for June 20, 1791.
  Dressed as servants, the royal family left Paris. However, their escape was not well planned, and they were arrested at Varennes on the evening of June 21. The royal family was brought back to Paris. The Assembly imprisoned Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette, and suspended the king from his duty.
caption: The royal family returns to Paris on 25 July 1791, after trying to escape.
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