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Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré ), [1] [2] was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the ...
Louis XVIII (born Nov. 17, 1755, Versailles, Fr.—died Sept. 16, 1824, Paris) was the king of France by title from 1795 and in fact from 1814 to 1824, except for the interruption of the Hundred Days, during which Napoleon attempted to recapture his empire. Louis was the fourth son of the dauphin Louis, the son of Louis XV, and received the ...
Louis XVIII and Versailles. The young Count of Provence, who married Marie Joséphine of Savoy in 1771, lived in two successive apartments in Versailles, the first in the central section of the palace (1774-1787) below the Queen's Apartments, and the second in the end pavilion in the South Wing (1787-1789), which was named after him as the ...
Louis XVIII. Louis XVIII (17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824) was King of France from April 1814 to March 1815 and again from July 1815 to September 1824. He became king with the Bourbon Restoration of the monarchy after the overthrow of Napoleon I. He ruled a constitutional monarchy, meaning he was not the main leader of his government.
Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire.
Louis XVIII of France. King Louis XVIII was the King of France from 1814 to 1824, barring a small period in 1815. He came to the throne at a time when France was going through a period of transition. The country had just witnessed the beheading of King Louis XVI by the revolutionary government; it had also witnessed the rise and fall of an ...
May 29, 2018 · Louis XVIII >Louis XVIII (1755-1824), the restored Bourbon king of France, reigned from >1814 to 1824. By taste and education he was a child of the Enlightenment: >skeptical, secular, witty, and steeped in Voltaire.
