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The name of Louis was bestowed because it was typical of a prince of France; Stanislas was chosen to honour his great-grandfather King Stanislaus I of Poland who was still alive at the time; and Xavier was chosen for Saint Francis Xavier, whom his mother's family held as one of their patron saints.
Louis XVI 1754–1793 King of France r. 1774–1792: Louis XVIII 1755–1824 King of France r. 1814–1824: Charles X 1757–1836 King of France r. 1824–1830: Louis Philippe II 1747–1793 Duke of Orléans: Carlo Buonaparte 1746–1785: Louis XVII 1785–1795 King of France (claimant) r. 1793–1795: Louis Philippe I 1773–1850 King of the ...
The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of ...
Louis c. 1264 – c. 1276: Philip IV 1268–1314 King of France r. 1285–1314: Joan I 1273–1305 Queen of Navarre: Louis I 1279–1341 Duke of Bourbon Bourbons: Clementia of Hungary 1293–1328: Louis X 1289–1316 King of France r. 1314–1316: Margaret of Burgundy 1290–1315: Philip V c. 1293 –1322 King of France r. 1316–1322: Joan II ...
The monarchy would be restored under his younger brother, the Count of Provence, who took the name Louis XVIII in consideration of the dynastic seniority of his nephew, "Louis XVII," from 1793 to 1795 (the child never actually reigned). Louis XVIII died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the Count of Artois, as Charles X in 1824.
The Royal Family Tree - each member of the Royal family's face in a circle with name and birth year Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth was the first-born child of her father, King George VI, who was the ...
He was thus going to be the eventual heir to the throne. As his mother, Caroline became an important figure in the politics of the Bourbon Restoration. In 1824, Louis XVIII died and was succeeded by Caroline's father-in-law as Charles X. In the July Revolution of 1830, Charles X was overthrown.
The royal mother-of-three shared the 'sweet' moment while greeting well-wishers near Windsor Castle following the Queen's death. ... Prince Louis, pictured with the rest of his family earlier this ...