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Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Bourbon Dynasty was restored to the French throne. The period of their reigns is called in French the Restauration.

Louis XVIII 1814-1824
Charles X 1824-1830
Louis-Philippe I, the Citizen King 1830-1848

Following the ouster of the last king to rule France, the Second Republic[?] was formed after the election of Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as President (1848-1852) who then had himself declared Emperor Napoleon III of the Second Empire from 1852 - 1871.

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