text: when was marie antoinette executed? when was louis xv1 executed? what was the french rev. all about? in addition to the other answers, king louis xvi was rather disinterested in the welfare of the french people.  louis xvi found more interest in throwing parties, hunting, and socializing with the nobility rather than focusing on the problems being faced by the lower class.  specifically, the lower class experienced much oppression and famine during the period leading up to the french revolution.  king louis also did not hesitate to add to the population of the infamous prision, the bastille. the prison's name is now lent to the french holidy, bastille day.   marie antoinette, king louis xvi's wife, was executed along with the king and much of the french nobility by the lower class which brought on the french revolution.