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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Louis XVIII of France, Charles I of Naples, Alfonso II of Aragon, Charles II of Naples, Rene of Anjou, List of rulers of Provence, Fulcrad, Joan I of Naples, Robert, King of Naples, Louis I, Duke of Anjou, Rene II, Duke of Lorraine, Louis III of Naples, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, Louis II of Naples, Raymond Berengar of Andria, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Geoffrey I of Provence, Douce I, Countess of Provence, William I of Provence, Fulk Bertrand of Provence, Sancho, Count of Provence, Leibulf of Provence, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence, William Bertrand of Provence, Rotbold II, Count of Provence, William II of Provence, Rotbold III, Count of Provence, Gerberga of Provence, Bertrand II of Provence, Douce II, Countess of Provence, Emma of Provence, William III of Provence, Geoffrey II of Provence, William IV of Provence. Excerpt: Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 - 16 September 1824) was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and again in 1815, for 100 days, upon the return of Napoleon from Elba. While in exile, he lived in Prussia, the United Kingdom and Russia. The French Republic abolished the monarchy and deposed King Louis XVI on 21 September 1792. Although the monarchy had been disestablished, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew, Louis XVII, as titular King, when the latter died in prison in June 1795. When the coalition armies captured Paris from Napoleon in 1814, Louis XVIII was restored to what he, and Royalists, considered his rightful place. Louis XVIII ruled as king for slightly less than...
