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by sofixa 1541 days ago
Louis gave up his power voluntarily (to an extent, the kingdom was bankrupt and he had to make concessions) by accepting a constitutional monarchy. He bumbled his way to the scaffold afterwards, and he only got there because he had already accepted sharing authority with an elected legislature.

Many other monarchs gave up their "divine" rights under pressure, but without being really overthrown.