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Say Count of Provence doesn't flee France when it's prudent to do so, and loses his head in the Reign of Terror. When Napoleon falls in 1814, the Count of Artois is declared King Charles X of France instead. What are the ramifications of this?

I'm thinking there might be more popular support for Napoleon if/when he stages his big return from Elba, because while the people were in general afraid that Louis XVIII would roll back all of the Revolution's gains and reinstitute the Old Order/seigneurial dues/etc., Charles X actually DID want to do those things. So maybe this would mean more volunteers for Napoleon's armies during the Hundred Days?

Or maybe the far more reactionary Charles would manage to have Napoleon shot instead of sent to Elba in the first place.
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