Louis XVII, king of France

(1785-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795 LBT ID: Louis17 VIAF ID: 89775286 LOC ID: n50080623	B/BAP: 1785-03-27 DIED: 1795-06-08
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The son of Louis XIV who spent much of his life imprisoned and abused by his captors; he died under disputed circumstances.
REFERENCES TO Louis XVII, king of France: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 23: Paris in 1814 Found 1: ¶ 10 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 2: ¶ 150 ¶ 160 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. VI. 1794-1796 Found 1: ¶ 15 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) HARTLEY COLERIDGE Found 1: ¶ 19