Reign of Louis XVIII of France

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns

Dates

Date of occurrence 1814-05-02-1824-09-16

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France (Location)

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17 November 1755 to 16th September 1824. Louis-Stanislas-Xavier de Bourbon, Comte de Provence. Grandson of Louis XV and brother of Louis XVI who was executed in 1793. He declared himself Louis XVIII in 1795 and became a centre for reactionary émigré forces. After the defeat of Napoleon I and the entry of allied armies to Paris in March 1814, Louis XVIII became the first king in the restoration Bourbon monarchy of France. He promised to rule as a constitutional monarch and accept many of the changes made since 1789, and these principles were enshrined in the

Charte constitutionelle

[Constitutional Charter] adopted on 4 June 1814. He was forced to flee France during the 100 Days of Napoleon's return (20 March 1815 û 8 July 1815). Thereafter he attempted to find a path between the demands…

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Reign of Louis XVIII of France". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4495, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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