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When did Louis XVIII first become King of France?

  • 1812

  • 1813

  • 1814

  • 1815

Answer

Louis XVIII first became King of France in 1814 after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a member of the House of Bourbon and was the brother of Louis XVI, who was executed during the French Revolution. Louis XVIII was a conservative monarch who opposed the ideals of the Revolution and sought to restore the monarchy to its former glory.
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