The monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792; later Louis and his queen consort, Marie-Antoinette

When did France lose their monarchy?

In 1789, food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution. King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned in August 1792, and in September the monarchy was abolished.

Did any French royalty survive revolution?

But the French nobility – la noblesse – is still very much alive. In fact, in sheer numbers there may be more nobles today than there were before the Revolution. “We reckon there are 4,000 families today that can call themselves noble. True, at the Revolution there were 12,000 families.