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- After Waterloo and the second restoration of Louis XVIII, Angoulême served Louis loyally. During the reign of his father, Charles X, he worked to rid the army of former imperial officers and commanded the French expedition that helped quell an anti-Bourbon revolt in Spain (1823).
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Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duke d’Angoulême (born Aug. 6, 1775, Versailles, France—died June 3, 1844, Gorizia, Venetia, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]) was the last dauphin of France and a prominent figure in the restoration of the Bourbon line after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814.
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In Napoleon in America, King Louis XVIIIat one point looks to his nephew, the Duke of Angoulême, for support, but is disappointed in the result. That about sums up the poor Duke’s life. He was probably a disappointing husband. He lacked his father’s charm and manners, and had a sickly appearance. Even a partisan of the royal family said, The Duke o...
When Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to France in March 1815, the Duke of Angoulême led the French army in the southern Rhône valley. When the Duke of Angoulême surrendered to General Grouchy, Napoleon spared the Duke’s life by allowing him to be conducted to Spain. Meanwhile the Duchess of Angoulême was trying to rally the troops in Bordea...
When Charles X lost his throne in the July Revolution of 1830, he abdicated in favour of the Duke of Angoulême. The Duke reigned for 20 minutes as King Louis XIX of France before abdicating in favour of his nephew Henri, the Duke of Bordeaux. Unfortunately for the Bourbons, the Chamber of Deputies pronounced the Duke of Orléans (Louis Philippe) the...
The Duke and Duchess of Angoulême both remained greatly attached to Charles X and nursed him through his final illness and death. They lived an austere and monotonous life as trusted friends who shared each other’s sadness. They detached themselves from any political activity and turned increasingly to mysticism. The Marquis de Villeneuve observed:...
The Duke of Angouleme was the nephew of the last pre-Revolution French King, Louis XVI (1754-1793). During the Revolution he joined the Royalist army and lead the Vendee rising in 1795; throughout the Napoleonic Wars he fought on the allied side, living in England from 1807 to 1814 and serving under the Duke of Wellington. The Restoration of 1815 brought his uncle Louis XVIII (1755-1824) to ...
Heidi Mehrkens. On 2 August 1830 the heir to the throne of France, Prince Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duc d’Angoulême, was facing a tremendously difficult decision. Paris was once more in turmoil and the people on the barricades. The royal family had fled from the dramatic events of the July revolution to the Château de Rambouillet.
Angoulême ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡulɛːm] ⓘ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Engoulaeme; Occitan: Engoleime) is a small city in the southwestern French department of Charente, of which it is the prefecture . Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of the river Charente, the city is nicknamed the "balcony of the southwest".
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the eldest son of Charles X of France and the last person in line to be King of France from 1824 to 1830. He was technically King of France and Navarre for less than 20 minutes before he himself abdicated. [1] He gave up being the King, after his father also did.
Counts of Angoulême House of Guilhelmides (Williami) Turpio (839–863) Emenon of Poitiers (863–866), brother of Turpio Aymer of Poitiers (Aymer I of Angoulême) (916–926), son of Emenon; House of Taillefer Coat of arms of the counts of Angoulême. Wulgrin I (866–886), first hereditary count, appointed by Charles the Bald
