Charles X

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Charles X has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Nov 2024 on Historia Civilis. King of France whose reign was marked by attempts to restore absolute monarchy, leading to political instability.

Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Charles became the leader of the ultra-royalists, a radical monarchist faction within the French court that affirmed absolute monarchy by divine right and opposed the constitutional monarchy concessions towards liberals and the guarantees of civil libe