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2 days ago · Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV ), and Maria Josepha of Saxony , Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died ...
- Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis...
- Louis Xvii
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March...
- Louis Xviii
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16...
- Princess Sophie
Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; French:...
- Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August...
- Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851)...
- Maria Leszczyńska
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (Polish: [ˈmarja...
- Louis XV
May 19, 2024 · Although Louis wasn't the king of the modern entity we call France, all the later French Louises (culminating with Louis XVIII in 1824) were numbered sequentially, using him as the starting point. Also, it's important to remember that Hugh Capet, the first king, didn't invent France; there was a long, complicated history before him.
5 days ago · When Napoleon was succeeded by Louis XVIII in April 1814, Talleyrand was one of the key agents of the restoration of the House of Bourbon, although he opposed the new legislation of Louis's rule.
1 day ago · When Louis XVI was executed, Provence declared the dauphin Louis-Charles King as Louis XVII, assuming the post of regent. When the imprisoned Louis XVII died in 1795, Provence declared himself Louis XVIII. Perpetually in exile, he moved from Italy to Poland to England to Germany.
May 14, 2024 · The Battle of Waterloo was a conflict on June 18, 1815, during the Hundred Days, the period from Napoleon’s escape from exile to the return of Louis XVIII.
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May 23, 2024 · Louis XVIII, for the most part, accepted that much had changed. However, he was pushed on his right by the Ultra-royalists, led by the comte de Villèle, who condemned the doctrinaires ' attempt to reconcile the Revolution with the monarchy through a constitutional monarchy.
5 days ago · In the letter below, Louis XVIII writes to Charette, expressing the need not only for military action, but also to win over public opinion through a declaration of principles to the people.
