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  1. King of France 1814-24, the younger brother
  2. of Louis XVI. He assumed the title of king
  3. 1795, having fled into exile 1791 during the
  4. French Revolution, but became king only on
  5. the fall of Napoleon I Apr 1814. Expelled
  6. during Napoleon's brief return (the `hundred
  7. days') 1815, he returned after Napoleon's
  8. final defeat at Waterloo, pursuing a policy
  9. of calculated liberalism until ultra-royalist
  10. pressure became dominant after 1820.
  11.