Brad Henry
American politician
Louis XVIII was the King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent 23 years in exile before finally being restored to the French throne, and his reign was marked by the formation of the Quintuple Alliance and a military intervention in Spain.
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About the Louis XVIII
Louis XVIIIabdicated; and both Louis Philippe Iand Napoleon IIIwere deposed.
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Louis XVIII was the King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He was the brother of King Louis XVI, the last king of the Ancien Régime.
Louis XVIII spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, before finally being restored to the French throne.
During the Hundred Days in 1815, Napoleon escaped from exile and briefly restored his French Empire, causing Louis XVIII to flee before being restored to the throne again.
During Louis XVIII’s reign, the Quintuple Alliance was formed, and there was a military intervention in Spain. He was also the last king or emperor of France to die a reigning monarch.
Louis XVIII’s Bourbon Restoration government was a constitutional monarchy, unlike the absolutist Ancien Régime in France before the Revolution. His royal prerogative was reduced substantially by the Charter of 1814, France’s new constitution.