Charles X

American  

noun

1. Charles Gustavus, 1622–60, king of Sweden 1654–60.

2. 1757–1836, king of France 1824–30.

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Charles X British  

noun

1. title of Charles Gustavus . 1622–60, king of Sweden, who warred with Poland and Denmark in an attempt to create a unified Baltic state

2. 1757–1836, king of France (1824–30): his attempt to restore absolutism led to his enforced exile

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Example Sentences

Written in 1825 to celebrate the coronation of the French king Charles X, it is a comic pageant with the wispiest of plots: An international group of aristocrats is stuck in a spa hotel en route to the coronation without onward transportation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paintings and sculptures come to life in various amusing ways, and the characters finally coalesce into François Gérard’s 1827 painting of Charles X’s coronation.

From The Wall Street Journal

And during Ms. Kealani’s closing paean to Charles X, once again sensitively accompanied by the solo harp, the Gérard picture slowly assembled, with the painting itself finally projected onto the singers and Paulo Fantin’s set.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was this approach that Champollion brought to the Louvre when King Charles X appointed him to oversee the newly acquired Egyptian collections.

From Washington Post

They were sent by Charles X, the newly installed king of France, to enforce an ordinance: In exchange for 150 million francs and an enormous reduction in custom taxes on French goods, France would recognize its former colony’s independence.

From Seattle Times