 Thus, although monarchy under the charter was constitutional, it never evolved into a truly parliamentary system of government.The Charter was presented as a gift from the King to the people, not as a constituent act of the people.It ended with the words "Given at Paris, in the year of grace 1814, and of our reign the nineteenth"; this commitment to the principles of "legitimism" would put the reign of Louis XVIII beginning in June 1795, after the death of Louis XVII, the youngest son of Louis XVIII's brother Louis XVI.