Louis XVIII's health has been worsening since the beginning of 1824.

Suffering from both dry and wet gangrene in his legs and spine, he dies on September 16 of this year.

His brother succeeds him to the throne as King Charles X of France.

In his first act as king, Charles attempts to unify the House of Bourbon by granting the style of Royal Highness to his cousins of the House of Orléans, who had been deprived of this by Louis XVIII because of the former Duke of Orléans' role in the death of Louis XVI.