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- Louis had no children, so upon his death the crown passed to his brother, Charles X. Louis XVIII was the last French monarch to die while still reigning, as Charles X (1824–1830) abdicated and both Louis Philippe I (1830–1848) and Napoleon III (1852–1870) were deposed.
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Louis had no children, and upon his death the crown passed to his brother, Charles X. Louis XVIII was the last king or emperor of France to die a reigning monarch: his successor, Charles X (r. 1824–1830) abdicated; and both Louis Philippe I (r. 1830–1848) and Napoleon III (r. 1852–1870) were deposed.
Jul 20, 1998 · Article History. Louis XVIII. Also called (until 1795): Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte (count) de Provence. Born: Nov. 17, 1755, Versailles, Fr. Died: Sept. 16, 1824, Paris (aged 68) Title / Office: king (1814-1824), France. House / Dynasty: house of Bourbon. Notable Family Members: brother Louis XVI. brother Charles X. sister Elizabeth of France.
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King Louis XVIII of France was born as Louis Stanislas Xavier on November 17, 1755 at the Palace of Versailles to Dauphin Louis de France and Marie Joseph of Saxony. He was the eighth child of the couple’s thirteen children, many of whom died either at birth or at infancy.
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The 15th of 16 children born to Austrian Empress Maria Theresaand Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Marie was betrothed to the heir to the French throne while still a child. The couple wed in 1770 when she was just 14 and Louis just 15. The newlyweds both knew that Marie’s primary duty as a wife was to produce a male heir. But the marriage went unconsu...
In 1781, Marie gave birth to Louis-Joseph, who became his father’s heir, a role known as the dauphin. Marie was devoted to her children, though she was often prevented from handling their day-to-day care due to strict royal protocol. When she could, she retreated with her children to Petite Trianon, a small chateau at Versailles that Louis had give...
Although Louis and Marie were fond of each other (unlike most other royal males, Louis didn’t take a formal mistress), theirs was no great love match. For Marie, that role was played by Swedish diplomat Axel von Fersen. He and Marie likely began their affair after he returned from fighting in the American Revolution in 1778. The timing of the birth...
In late 1789, the royal family was moved from Versailles and placed in captivity in Paris. After a series of failed escape attempts (including one engineering by von Fersen), the monarchy was abolished by the revolutionary government in 1792. Louis XVI was held separately from his family and was executed in January 1793. While Marie was initially a...
Despite the abolition of the French monarchy, royal supporters believed that Louis-Charles had become King Louis XVII following his father’s execution. Rumors quickly spread that the boy had miraculously escaped his captors and that the body of another dead child was used in his place. Over the next several decades, dozens of people would claim tha...
Marie Therese remained in prison, with little information about her family’s fate, until just before her 17th birthday in December 1795. Released after the end of the Reign of Terror, she was initially sent to her mother’s native Austria. In 1799, at the insistence of her uncle (who had styled himself Louis XVIII after Louis-Charles’ death), she ma...
Born and raised in Versailles, the prince was imbued throughout his life with the refined culture of the dying Ancien Régime, and held the highest opinion of his birth and rank. He was also the most politically involved of Louis XV’s three grandsons. The Count of Provence, future 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.
Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired ( French: le Désiré ), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.
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