Louis XVIII of France
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King Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII (17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was King of France and Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, due to the French Revolution, and was exiled again in 1815, upon the return of Napoleon Bonaparte from Elba. During exile he lived in several countries, including Prussia, the United Kingdom and Russia.
The French Republic abolished the monarchy and deposed King Louis XVI, on 21 September 1792. Although the monarchy had been disestablished, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew, Louis XVII, as titular King, when the latter died in prison in June 1795.
For 23 years, revolution and war excluded the Bourbon line from the throne of France until 1814, when coalition armies captured Paris from Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis XVIII was restored to what he and other Royalists considered his rightful place. Louis XVIII ruled as King for slightly less than a decade, during th…more
The French Republic abolished the monarchy and deposed King Louis XVI, on 21 September 1792. Although the monarchy had been disestablished, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew, Louis XVII, as titular King, when the latter died in prison in June 1795.
For 23 years, revolution and war excluded the Bourbon line from the throne of France until 1814, when coalition armies captured Paris from Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis XVIII was restored to what he and other Royalists considered his rightful place. Louis XVIII ruled as King for slightly less than a decade, during th…more
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The 48 Laws of Power
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1999
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The Queen's Necklace (Mémoires d'un médecin, #2)
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1849
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Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821
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2022
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Axel von Fersen och drottning Marie-Antoinette
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2014
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Waterloo: the Campaign of 1815: Volume I: from Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras
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2017
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Louis XVIII
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1983
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Louis XVI
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1985
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Restoration and Reaction, 1815 - 1848
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1984
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My Memoirs, Vol. III, 1826 to 1830
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1907
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