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French co-prince of Andorra (1815–1824); French co-prince of Andorra (1814–1815); King of the French (1814–1815); Grand Master of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (1772–1791)."}],"related":[{"name":"Louis Philippe I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-philippe-i"},{"name":"Louis XVI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xvi"},{"name":"Napoleon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/napoleon"},{"name":"Vincent Auriol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vincent-auriol"},{"name":"Philippe Pétain","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-petain"},{"name":"Louis XIV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xiv"},{"name":"Charles X of France","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-x-of-france"},{"name":"Raymond Poincaré","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/raymond-poincare"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/louis-xviii-cd247b2973.jpg","width":500,"height":722,"license":"Public domain","credit":"François Gérard","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Louis XVIII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVIII","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7750","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7750","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gérard - Louis XVIII of France in Coronation Robes.jpg by François Gérard (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Louis XVIII, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gérard - Louis XVIII of France in Coronation Robes.jpg — François Gérard, Public domain.","cite":"\"Louis XVIII\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xviii. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xviii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/louis-xviii","ne":null}}