Charles X of France

King of France and of Navarre from 1824 to 1830 (1757–1836)

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Lived 1757–1836, aged 79France

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1757–1836
Aged 79
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Updated 2026-06-21

The last Bourbon king to rule France before revolution swept him out for good. Charles X pushed divine-right absolutism so hard — reinstating capital punishment for blasphemy, trying to revive the medieval royal touch — that Paris rose in 1830 and ended his family's 200-year hold on the throne.

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Born 9 October 1757, Charles Philippe spent years in exile supporting his brother Louis XVIII after the fall of the monarchy. When the Bourbons returned in 1814, he led the ultra-royalists, a faction bent on absolute rule and hostile to the constitutional compromises of the Charter. After his son was assassinated in 1820, his influence grew; he became king on 16 September 1824. His coronation in 1825 included an attempt to revive the royal touch. His governments reimbursed aristocrats for lost feudal rights, expanded Church power, and made sacrilege a capital offense — all while the Chamber of…

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