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Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As the eldest child in the Orléans family at the end of the Ancien Régime and first prince of the blood, Louis Philippe, Duke of Valois, Chartres and then Orléans, succeeded his cousin Charles X to the French throne, the latter being the last reigning sovereign of the elder branch of the Bourbons.
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (12 May 1725 – 18 November 1785), known as le Gros (the Fat), was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of Philippe Égalité.
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 — 26 August 1850) nicknamed the Citizen King ( French: le Roi Citoyen) was King of the French from 1830 until he was forced to abdicate following the French Revolution in 1848.
Jun 27, 2024 · Louis-Philippe (born October 6, 1773, Paris, France—died August 26, 1850, Claremont, Surrey, England) was the king of the French from 1830 to 1848; having based his rule on the support of the upper bourgeoisie, he ultimately fell from power because he could not win the allegiance of the new industrial classes.
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Aug 23, 2019 · Louis-Philippe stepped into the power vacuum and was elected lieutenant general of France. After Charles X abdicated, Louis-Philippe was sworn in as King Louis-Philippe I on August 9, 1830.
Philippe de France, brother of Louis XIV, was known as "Monsieur" and had a turbulent life of love, war and politics. Learn about his marriages, his military victory, his son's regency and his legacy at Versailles.
