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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.
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.
The petition was critical "not of the King, but his ministers", thereby countering the conviction of Charles X that his liberal opponents were enemies of his dynasty. [13] After signing the petition, committee members went directly to Marmont to beg for an end to the bloodshed, and to plead with him to become a mediator between Saint-Cloud and ...
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.
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 ...
Entrée de Charles X à Paris, par la barrière de la Villette, après son sacre. 6 juin 1825 (French for 'Entry of Charles X into Paris, through the Barrière de la Villette, after his coronation. 6 June 1825') is an 1825 history painting by the French artist Louis-François Lejeune.
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 ...
When Charles’ younger brother James, Duke of York became king as James II of England and VII of Scotland, concerns arose that James, a recent Catholic convert, would return England to Catholicism, especially after the birth of a son, James Francis Edward Stuart, who would be raised Catholic.