Louis XVIII — né le 17 novembre 1755 à Versailles sous le nom de Louis Stanislas Xavier de France et par ailleurs comte de Provence (1755-1795) — est roi de France et de Navarre du 6 avril 1814 au 20 mars 1815 puis du 8 juillet 1815 à sa mort, le 16 septembre 1824, à Paris.. Issu de la Maison de Bourbon, quatrième fils du dauphin Louis et frère cadet de Louis XVI, il est …

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) on 15 February 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of …

Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France"). Louis Joseph died at the age of seven from tuberculosis and was succeeded as Dauphin (and thus heir-apparent) by his four-year-old brother Louis …

Louis de France, né le 6 août 1682 au château de Versailles et mort le 18 février 1712 à Marly, duc de Bourgogne, est le fils de Louis de France (dit le Grand Dauphin) et de Marie-Anne de Bavière.Par analogie avec son père, il est parfois appelé après sa mort le Petit Dauphin.Ses grands-parents maternels étaient Ferdinand-Marie, électeur de Bavière et Henriette-Adélaïde …

L’ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis est un ordre dynastique français créé à Versailles par Louis XIV le 5 avril 1693. L'appartenance à l'ordre était matérialisée par une croix, "la croix de Saint Louis". Le Roi était le grand maître de l'ordre, et son administration fut confiée à un conseil formé de Grand-croix et de chevaliers.. A l'instar de l'ordre civil de Saint Michel ...

Louis XVIII (1755– 1824), was King of France from April 1814 to March 1815 and again from July 1815 to September 1824. He became king with the Bourbon Restoration of the monarchy after the overthrow of Napoleon I. He ruled a constitutional monarchy, meaning he was not the main leader of his government. However, unlike some constitutional ...

Frigates of Louis XIV (1643–1715) This table commences with a listing of early French naval frigates of the second half of the 17th century and the early 18th century (under the reign of Louis XIV – the "Sun King" – from 14 May 1643 to 1 September 1715). Note that numerous French warships underwent changes of names on 24 June 1671, with ...

Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry. He was the founder of the Breguet company, which is now the luxury watch division of the Swiss Swatch Group.. In his lifetime he was considered the leading …

Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 November 1753 – 1 June 1815), Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram, was a French Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.He was twice Minister of War of France and served as chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte.. Born into a military family, Berthier served in the …

Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by a year and a half.