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Charles, by now aged 66, succeeded him to the throne as King Charles X. [42] On 29 May 1825, King Charles was anointed at the cathedral of Reims, the traditional site of consecration of French kings; it had been unused since 1775, as Louis XVIII had forgone the ceremony to avoid controversy and because his health was too precarious. [43]
Louis XVIII died in September 1824 and the comte d'Artois succeeded him as Charles X. In a speech from the throne on 22 December 1824, Charles made clear his intention to be crowned in the tradition of the ancien régime. [2] While the 1804 coronation of Napoleon had taken place at Notre-Dame de Paris, the new King selected the ancient site of ...
It led to the overthrow of King Charles X, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans. After 18 precarious years on the throne, Louis-Philippe was overthrown in the French Revolution of 1848 .
The Entry of Charles X into Paris Following His Coronation (French: Entrée de Charles X à Paris, par la barrière de la Villette, après son sacre. 6 juin 1825) is an 1825 history painting by the French artist Louis-François Lejeune. [1] [2] It depicts the entry of Charles X of France into his capital Paris following his coronation at Reims.
Charles X, a cousin of Orleans, was overthrown and he and his direct heirs were driven into exile. Orleans became King of the French, and head of a constitutional monarchy. He reigned for eighteen years before himself being overthrown in the French Revolution of 1848. [1]
It saw the overthrow of King Charles X, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his brother Louis, Duke of Orléans (who would in turn be overthrown in 1848). The revolution ended the Bourbon Restoration , shifting power to the July Monarchy (rule by the House of Orléans ).
The July Ordinances, also known as the Four Ordinances of Saint-Cloud, were a series of decrees set forth by Charles X and Jules Armand de Polignac, the chief minister, in July 1830. Compelled by what he felt to be a growing, manipulative radicalism in the elected government, Charles felt that as king by right of birth, his primary duty was the ...
King Charles IV (Emperor Charles I of Austria) was deposed in 1918 when a republic was established. Following the restoration of the Hungarian monarchy in 1920, he was refused permission to "assume residency and constitutional functions" in the Kingdom by the Regent Miklós Horthy. Charles IV died in exile in 1922.