Kingdom of France: 1814-1830

Restauration

Last modified: 2003-12-27 by ivan sache
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by Pierre Gay

• History of the Restauration
• The restoration of the white flag
• The newspaper Le Drapeau Blanc (The White Flag)
• The flag of the Four Sergents of La Rochelle

See also:

• France
• France: Historical flags
• France: Historical chronology since 1792
• Kingdom of France until 1792
• Carbonari movement (Italy, XIXth century)

History of the Restauration

After the fall of Napoléon I's Empire in 1814, the kingdom of France was reestablished and Louis XVIII was crowned king of France. This period - excluding the short return of Napoleon I from Elba in 1815 (Les Cent-Jours) - ended with the July revolution in 1830 and is called the Restauration.

Several nobles who had left France in 1789 came back with Louis XVIII and urged him to reestablish the absolute monarchy. Louis XVIII, although not particularly clever, understood it would not be possible to suppress all the political and social benefits of the