Count Louis-Stanislav Xavier (aka Louis XVIII) had proclaimed himself King of France in 1795, after Louis XVII - his 10 year-old nephew, Louis-Charles - was tortured to death in the Temple prison.

High levels of uric acid are typically associated with gout, the painful condition that afflicted King Louis XVIII of France. But a group of researchers have discovered that high levels of uric ...

Soon after, she was married to the Duc d’Angoulême, nephew to the new King, the self-styled Louis XVIII, and now heir to the throne of France. As the Duchesse d'Angoulême, however, her life ...

Diana and Endymion was commissioned by King Louis XVIII of France for a room in the Palace of Versailles and was bought by the state in 1873. Ms Fouré said the painting was likely loaned to the ...

In 1815, King Louis XVIII of France appointed Abraham-Louis Breguet as watchmaker to the French Royal Navy. Thereafter, the success of royal expeditions was partially dependent on Breguet's ...