Louis XVIII

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noun

1. Louis Xavier Stanislas, 1755–1824, king of France 1814–15, 1815–24 (brother of Louis XVI).

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Louis XVIII British  

noun

1. 1755–1824, king of France (1814–24); younger brother of Louis XVI. He became titular king after the death of Louis XVII (1795) and ascended the throne at the Bourbon restoration in 1814. He was forced to flee during the Hundred Days

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Louis XVIII

However, Louis XVIII, the restored French king, could not rule as an absolute monarch and had to recognize his subjects’ new constitutional rights to participate in government and regulate the king’s power.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Custom-made for the daughter of a French aristocrat two centuries ago, it was a spectacular, rare one-eighth-size cello produced by Bernardel, protégé of Nicolas Lupot, violin maker to King Louis XVIII.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2020

Louis XVI’s brother assumed the throne as Louis XVIII.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Even these delights palled when Stendhal became convinced that his every move was watched by agents of Louis XVIII.

From Time Magazine Archive

Monsieur Desmarais and his brother-in-law, Monsieur Hubert, were awaiting in a chamber of the Tuileries an audience which they had requested with the Duke of Blacas, minister to Louis XVIII, and his most intimate favorite.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne