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Louis XVIII of France

1755 - 1824

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Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire. Until his accession to the throne of France, he held the title of Count of Provence as brother of King Louis XVI, the last king of the Ancien Régime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis XVIII of France has received more than 2,644,004 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Louis XVIII of France is the 340th most popular politician (down from 306th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from France (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Politician.

Louis XVIII was the King of France from 1814 to 1824. He is most famous for returning the Bourbon dynasty to power after the overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis XVIII of France ranks 340 out of 19,576. Before him are Joachim von Ribbentrop, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mehmed V, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Edward VI of England, and Raúl Castro. After him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Juan Perón, Godfrey of Bouillon, Liu Bei, Stepan Bandera, and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Louis XVIII of France ranks 2. Before him is Marie Antoinette. After him are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Paul Barras, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, James Parkinson, and Giovanni Battista Viotti. Among people deceased in 1824, Louis XVIII of France ranks 2. Before him is Lord Byron. After him are Eugène de Beauharnais, Théodore Géricault, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Agustín de Iturbide, James Parkinson, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, and Rama II of Siam.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis XVIII of France ranks 141 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Lacan (1901), Charles V of France (1338), François Villon (1431), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), and Joachim Murat (1767). After him are Gérard Depardieu (1948), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), François Hollande (1954), Pope Clement V (1264), and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis XVIII of France ranks 39. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Hugh Capet (940), Charles VI of France (1368), Louis XII of France (1462), Charles V of France (1338), and Joachim Murat (1767). After him are Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), François Hollande (1954), Charles IX of France (1550), Henry II of England (1133), Georges Pompidou (1911), and Philip VI of France (1293).

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