1589 – 1870
Bourbons & Bonapartes
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From Henry IV to Napoleon III: the Bourbons, two emperors and a citizen king. Wigs, epaulettes, side-whiskers — the last faces in the collection are also the ones closest to us.
Bourbons & Bonapartes

Henry IV
1553–1610 · reigned 1589–1610

Louis XIII
1601–1643 · reigned 1610–1643

Louis XIV
1638–1715 · reigned 1643–1715

Louis XV
1710–1774 · reigned 1715–1774

Louis XVI
1754–1793 · reigned 1774–1792

Napoleon I
1769–1821 · reigned 1804–1815

Louis XVIII
1755–1824 · reigned 1815–1824

Charles X
1757–1836 · reigned 1824–1830

Louis Philippe I
1773–1850 · reigned 1830–1848

Napoleon III
1808–1873 · reigned 1852–1870