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Louis Antoine was born at the Palace of Versailles, as the eldest son of Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, the youngest brother of King Louis XVI.He was born one year after the death of his great-grandfather, King Louis XV and 7 years after the death of his great-grandmother, the Queen Marie Leszczyńska.
Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765.
Louis Stanislas' elder brother, the Dauphin Louis Auguste, succeeded their grandfather as King Louis XVI. [21] As eldest brother of the King, Louis Stanislas received the title Monsieur. Louis Stanislas longed for political influence. He attempted to gain admittance to the King's council in 1774, but failed.
Grandfather died, became king Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence, brother Louis XVI: Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence: Heir presumptive Brother 10 May 1774 Brother became king 22 October 1781 Son born to king Charles, Count of Artois, brother Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France: Heir apparent Son 22 October 1781 Born 4 June 1789 Died
Philippe and his elder brother, the future Louis XIV, by an unknown painter. Philippe de Bourbon [1] was born on 21 September 1640 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, [2] the day before his mother Anne's 39th birthday. [3]
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette.His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution.
Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. [1] An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile.
At age 17, he was a captain of dragoons, and saw some service in the closing campaign of the Seven Years' War.In 1772 he became a first lieutenant in the Gardes Suisses of King Louis XVI's younger brother, the Count of Provence.