Dukes of Alencon - Charles, Duke of Berry (1686-1714), Charles IV, Duke of Alencon, Counts and Dukes of Alencon, Elisabeth Marguerite D'o (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Charles, Duke of Berry (1686-1714), Charles IV, Duke of Alencon, Counts and Dukes of Alencon, Elisabeth Marguerite d'Orleans, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Gaston, Duke of Orleans, Jean I, Duke of Alencon, Jean II, Duke of Alencon, Louis XVIII of France, Marguerite de Navarre, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alencon, Rene, Duke of Alencon. Excerpt: Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 - 16 September 1824), known as "the Desired" (le Desire), was a Bourbon King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and again in 1815, for 111 days, upon the return of Napoleon I from Elba. Until his accession to the throne of France, Louis held the title of Count of Provence, being the brother of King Louis XVI. On the 21 September 1792, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and deposed King Louis XVI, who was later executed by guillotine. When the young Louis XVII, Louis XVI's son, died in prison in June 1795, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew as titular King, although the monarchy had been disestablished. During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, Louis XVIII lived in exile in Prussia, the United Kingdom and Russia. When the Sixth Coalition finally defeated Napoleon, Louis XVIII was restored to what he, and Royalists, considered his rightful place. This period was marked by an Ultra-royalist reaction. However Napoleon escaped from his exile in Elba, marched on Paris and restored the French Empire. Louis XVIII fled and a Seventh Coalition declared war on the French Empire, defeated Napoleon and for a second time restored Louis XVIII on the French throne. In 1823, Louis XVIII sent an expeditionary corps, known as the "Hundred Thousand...