King Louis XVI was first made a constitutional monarch, then removed from power, then executed by guillotine.
The French Revolution became increasingly more radical as it progressed. The king, Louis XVI, first was forced into accepting a government in which the Legislative Assembly held the main power and the king was no longer personally in charge of government. When France declared itself to be a republic in 1792, the king was removed from power entirely. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed, under charges of conspiring with foreign powers against the Republic of France.