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Comte d'Artois

Charles X
Charles X of France 1.PNG
Portrait by Henry Bone after François Gérard, 1829
King of France
Reign 16 September 1824 – 2 August 1830
Coronation 29 May 1825
Reims Cathedral
Predecessor Louis XVIII
Successor Louis Philippe I
Prime Ministers
Born (1757-10-09)9 October 1757
Palace of Versailles, France
Died 6 November 1836(1836-11-06) (aged 79)
Görz, Austria (now in Italy)
Burial Kostanjevica Monastery, Slovenia
Spouse Marie Thérèse of Savoy
Issue Louis XIX of France
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Full name
Charles Philippe de France
House Bourbon
Father Louis, Dauphin of France
Mother Marie-Josèphe of Saxony
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature Charles X's signature
Full name
Charles Philippe de France

Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. For most of his life he was known as the Count of Artois (in French, comte d'Artois). An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII, and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him.

His rule of almost six years ended in the July Revolution of 1830, which resulted in his abdication and the election of Louis Philippe I as King of the French. Exiled once again, Charles died in 1836 in Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was the last of the French rulers from the senior branch of the House of Bourbon.

Charles Philippe of France was born in 1757, the youngest son of the Dauphin Louis and his wife, the Dauphine Marie Josèphe, at the Palace of Versailles. Charles was created Count of Artois at birth by his grandfather, the reigning King Louis XV. As the youngest male in the family, Charles seemed unlikely ever to become king. His eldest brother, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, died unexpectedly in 1761, which moved Charles up one place in the line of succession. He was raised in early childhood by Madame de Marsan, the Governess of the Children of France.


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