Restoration

After the fall of the Empire, the Bourbons returned to the throne in 1814 with Louis XVIII. The Restoration (1814-1830) tried to reconcile monarchy with the revolutionary legacy, but Charles X was overthrown by the July Revolution in 1830. Interrupted by the Hundred Days in 1815, it rested on the Charter of 1814, which created a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of Deputies elected by property-based suffrage. The Saint-Cloud ordinances, which suspended the freedom of the press in July 1830, sparked the revolution.

Figures of this era

1. Louis XVIII (1814-1824) — King of France restored in 1814, brother of Louis XVI, granted the Constitutional Charter
2. Charles X (1824-1830) — King of France, brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, the Three Glorious Days (1830) ended his reign
3. Louis XIX (1830) — King for about 20 minutes on 2 August 1830 according to a traditional but disputed interpretation: the interval between his father’s abdication and his own renunciation
4. Henri V (1830) — Proclaimed king by the Legitimists for a few days in 1830, then pretender to the throne

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