Charles_X_of_France

Charles X of France Charles X When Charles X ascended the throne (1824) he was 67 years old. He had become bigoted and ‘set in his ways’. However, the people of France seemed to welcome his ascension due to their jealousy over the British Monarchy. Had Charles X perhaps been more accommodating to the needs of the ‘ordinary’ people of France, or acted more subtly, his reign promised to be a successful one. So why was it that it lasted only 6 years (1824-30)' One of the mistakes that Charles X made was his failure to reconcile the gains of the revolution with the Ultras. This may have caused some conflict. Charles X, who was the leader of the Ultras, was open about the connection and made it clear that the aims of the Ultras went against the Charter and many of the main gains of the revolution. For example, the revolution had gained freedom of the press, of association, of speech and movement, as well as careers being open to talent and equality before the law. However, the Ultras wanted a return to a feudalistic system where strict censorship of the press was enforced, and aristocratic charles, people, france, ultras, revolution, press, however, been, years, over, meant, made, jesuits, french, although, support, religious, religion, reign, majority, government, gains, gain, elections, charter, censorship, being, began, before, aims, against, émigrés, x’s, worst, villele, ultra, throne, thought, taking, suspicions, stance, situation, saw, rumours, return, recession, prevented, power, opportunity, open