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Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. [1] An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII , he supported the latter in exile.
Charles X of France (1757–1836) Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), King of Sweden Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1523–1590), recognized as Charles X of France but renounced the royal title
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 ...
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 2022. [b]Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952.
On 16 April 1827, while reviewing the Garde Royale in the Champ de Mars, the king was greeted with icy silence, and many of the spectators refused to remove their hats, the traditional sign of respect for the king. Charles X "later told [his cousin] Orléans that, 'although most people present were not too hostile, some looked at times with ...
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 X decided to organise a punitive expedition on the coasts of Algiers to punish the "impudence" of the dey, as well as to root out Barbary corsairs who used Algiers as a safe haven. The naval part of the operation was given to Admiral Duperré, who advised against it, finding it too dangerous. He was nevertheless given command of ...
King Charles Spaniel; Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; King Charles (musician) (born 1985), singer-songwriter; King Charles, a 1913 British silent historical film about Charles II of England; King Charles (news program), a talk show hosted by Gayle King and Charles Barkley; King Charles's Island, a former name of two islands in the Galápagos ...