Louis XVIII

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

“It was commissioned by King Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI, in 1815 and completed in 1826,” the website notes.

From Fox News

His successor, Louis XVIII, then commissioned the sculptor François-Joseph Bosio to create the monument that now dominates the square, completed at last in 1822: the Sun King reimagined for the new world, styled like a Roman emperor on horseback.

From New York Times

While Book 1 is dated 1811, most of it was completed in 1821 and 1822 when, as Louis XVIII’s ambassador to London, Chateaubriand had time to reflect on his life.

From New York Times

As the historian, writer and commentator Jacques Julliard pointed out: “To go from Louis XVI to Louis XVIII, that is to say from moderate absolutism to parliamentary monarchy, those maladroit foreigners would have gone by way of a Louis XVII. Instead, we went via Robespierre and Napoleon.”

From The Guardian