Antoine Louis François de Bésiade (1759–1811) was a French

nobleman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristi ...

and

favourite A favourite (British English) or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated si ...

of the future

Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in e ...

.Évelyne Lever, Louis XVIII, Paris, Hachette, 1993, 600 p. ()

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* Évelyne Lever, Louis XVIII, Paris, Hachette, 1993, 600 p. () {{DEFAULTSORT:Besiade, Antoine Louis Francois de 1759 births 1811 deaths French royal favourites Court of Louis XVI