... before it was overthrown by Revolution. The Ultras and the White Terror were key matters at the beginning of the period that showed Louis XVIII difficulty in stabilising France. The Ultras were a large majority of young, inexperienced and extreme royalists that were consisted within the Chamber of Deputies. The number of Ultras increased in the General Election of August 1815, because Louis XVIII was persuaded to increase the number of seats from 258 to 402 and to lower the age of eligibility for membership from 40 to 25. The resulting chamber became known as the 'la chamber introuvable', because Louis XVIII thought that a party could not have been found. The Ultras were led under the Count of Artois, who was the King's Brother and an émigré who had fought against the Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies. The majority of Ultras were émigrés, who were wealthy and noble refugees from ...

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