who was louis xvi?
King of France
contradiction
 Louis XVIII has a cameo rôle in the novella Le Bal de Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac . 

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 Louis XVIII appears briefly in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo , by Alexandre Dumas . 

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 Louis XVIII attempted to strike up a correspondence with Napoleon Bonaparte ( now First Consul of France ) in 1800 . Louis XVIII urged Bonaparte to restore the Bourbons to their throne , but the future emperor was immune to Louis 's requests and continued to consolidate his position as ruler of France . 

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 Louis XVI was executed in January 1793 . This left his young son , Louis Charles , as the titular King . The princes @-@ in @-@ exile proclaimed Louis Charles " Louis XVII of France " . The Count of Provence now unilaterally declared himself regent for his nephew , who was too young to be head of the House of Bourbon . 

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 Louis XVIII 's health began to fail in the spring of 1824 . He was suffering from obesity , gout and gangrene , both dry and wet , in his legs and spine . Louis died on 16 September 1824 surrounded by the extended royal family and some government officials . He was succeeded by his youngest brother , the Count of Artois , as Charles X. 
