Bourbon Restoration facts for kids
The Bourbon Restoration was the return of the House of Bourbon to France after the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte. It began in 1814 after Napoleon was defeated and exiled to Elba island off the coast of Italy. Louis XVIII of France, the younger brother of Louis XVI of France, was named king in 1814 by the Congress of Vienna.
After being removed by Napoleon during the Hundred Days, Louis XVIII was returned to power in 1815 and died in 1824. Louis XVIII was succeeded by his younger brother Charles X of France who ruled until he was removed in 1830 by the July Revolution.
Images for kids
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Louis XVIII makes a return at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on August 29th, 1814
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Popular colored etching, verging on caricature, published by Décrouant, early 19th century: La famille royale et les alliées s'occupant du bonheur de l'Europe (The Royal Family and the Allies concerned with the Happiness of Europe)
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, who served under several regimes, depicted "floating with the tide". Note the high heel of Talleyrand's left shoe, alluding both to his limp and the Devil's hoof.
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Louis XVIII is asked if his intention is to include or to exclude those from his royal services, who had been part of the House of Bonaparte (Paris on July 18, 1815).
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Élie, 1st comte Decazes, remained loyal to the Bourbons during the Hundred Days and was the most powerful minister from 1818 to 1820
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François-René de Chateaubriand, a Romantic writer who sat in the Chamber of Peers
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Caricature of Louis preparing for the Spanish expedition, by George Cruikshank
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Charles X, by François Gérard
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Coronation of Charles X of France, by François Gérard
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Eugène-Louis Lami, Grenadier of the Royal Guard, ca. 1817, Princeton University Art Museum, showing the uniform of a Grenadier of the Royal Guard under Charles X
See also
In Spanish: Restauración borbónica para niños
