Joseph de Villèle
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Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle, better known simply as Joseph de Villèle, was a French statesman who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1821 to 1828.
Portrait by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
Jean Baptiste de Villèle
Charles X of France
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Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to former reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the l
Joseph de Villèle
…it was thought, to restore some part of the ancien regime. Villèle's plans were assisted by the death of Louis XVIII and the accession of his brother, Charles X, a staunch believer in absolute monarchy. Prudent financial administration since 1815 had made possible the conversion of the state bonds from 5 to 3…
Coronation Portrait of Charles X (1825)
Portrait of Charles-Philippe by Catherine Read, 1764
Charles as Count of Artois in 1798, by Henri-Pierre Danloux
Portrait of the Count of Artois (future Charles X) in the habit of the Order of the Holy Spirit, by Antoine-François Callet, c. 1775