It announced the Bourbon Restoration, declaring that Louis XVIII of France was king.[4] Napoleon, who had retired to Fontainebleau, signed an act of abdication on 11 April 1814.[5] He left Fontainebleau on 20 April 1814 for exile on the island of Elba.[6] On 12 April 1814 Charles, Count of Artois, the king's brother, entered Paris. He was declared Lieutenant General of the kingdom on 14 April 1814.[7] Louis XVIII had been watching events from Hartwell House in England. On 24 April 1814 he landed at Calais and on 3 April 1814 made a triumphal entry into Paris.[8] He announced his government on 13 May 1814.[9]