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Charles X

American  

noun

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

  2. 1757–1836, king of France 1824–30.


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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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 • Oct. 1, 2025

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 • Jul. 1, 2022

King Charles X sent over some gunboats and said: I got a great offer for you guys.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2021

Charles X fled to exile in England, the last ever Bourbon monarch to have held the throne of France, and his cousin Louis-Philippe of the Orléans branch of the royal line became the king.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Popular discontent and anti-clerical riots in France; Charles X disbanded the National Guard, and made ineffectual attempts to gag the press.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various