King louis xviii of france

King of France from 1814 to 1824

This article is about the king of France. For the column in Calais, see Louis XVIII column.

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré),^[1][2] was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire.

King louis xviii of france

Until his accession to the throne of France, he held the title of Count of Provence as brother of King Louis XVI, the last king of the Ancien Régime. On 21 September 1792, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and deposed Louis XVI, who was later executed by guillotine.

When his young nephew Louis XVII died in prison in June 1795, the Count of Provence claimed the throne as Louis XVIII.

Following the French Revolution and during the Napoleonic e