Charles-Philippe de France, comte d’Artois
Date of Birth
October 9, 1757
Date of Death
November 6, 1836
About
The youngest brother of Louis XVI, the comte d’Artois left France shortly after the fall of the Bastille and became one of the principal leaders of royalist émigré opposition to the Revolution. He succeeded Louis XVIII as Charles X in 1824 and pursued a strongly conservative royalist policy. In July 1830, after an opposition victory in the elections, he issued ordinances restricting the press, dissolving the newly elected Chamber and altering the electoral system. The resulting July Revolution forced him to abdicate on 2 August 1830.