Biography

King of France from 1795 until 1824- albeit the interruption of Napoleon, who reigned from 1814-1824. 

Louis XVIII was present for the initial outbreak of the Revolution, but fled shortly after in 1791. When Louis XVII died, Louis XVIII claimed the throne and "wandered throughout Europe, sojourning in Prussia, England, and Russia promoting the royalist cause." After Napoleon's proclamation, Louis XVIII "refused to abdicate and accept a pension from Bonaparte."