Jean Amilcar
Foster son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
About Jean Amilcar
Lived 1781 – 1796 (aged 14–15).
Jean Amilcar (c. 1781–1796) was the adopted son (foster child) of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Jean Amilcar was from French Senegal. He was enslaved as a child and then bought from local slavers by the French official Chevalier de Boufflers, who wished to spare him the deadly transatlantic crossing.
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Who was Jean Amilcar?
foster son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
When was Jean Amilcar born?
Jean Amilcar was born in 1781.
When did Jean Amilcar die?
Jean Amilcar died on 18 May 1796.
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