biography
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Charles X (of France)
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| lived:
| (1757–1836)
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| biography:
| The last Bourbon king of France (1824–30), born at Versailles, NC France. The grandson of Louis XV, he received the title of Comte d'Artois, and in 1773 married Maria Theresa of Savoy. He lived in England during the French Revolution, returning to France in 1814 as lieutenant-general of the kingdom. He succeeded his brother Louis XVIII, but his repressive rule led to revolution, and his eventual abdication and exile after the July Revolution (1830). |
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