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Louis Philippe I
 Louis Philippe, King of the French by Franz
Xaver Winterhalter, 1841

King of the French (more...)

Reign 9 August 1830 – 24

February 1848

Proclamation 9 August 1830

Predecessor Charles X

(as King of France)

Successor Monarchy abolished

Jacques-Charles Dupont de
l'Eure

(as President of the

Provisional Government)

Prime show
Ministers
 See list

Born 6 October 1773

Palais Royal, Paris,

Kingdom of France

Died 26 August 1850 (aged 76)

Claremont, Surrey, England

Burial 1876

Chapelle royale de Dreux

Spouse Maria Amalia of Naples and

Sicily

​(m. 1809)​

Issue ● Ferdinand

see detail... Philippe, Duke

of Orléans
● Louise,
Queen of the
Belgians
● Marie,
Duchess
Alexander of
Württemberg
● Prince Louis,
Duke of
Nemours
● Clémentine,
Princess
August of
 Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
● François,
Prince of
Joinville
● Prince
Charles, Duke
of Penthièvre
● Prince Henri,
Duke of
Aumale
● Prince
Antoine, Duke
of
Montpensier

Names

Louis Philippe d'Orléans

House Orléans

Father Louis Philippe II, Duke of

Orléans

Mother Louise Marie Adélaïde de

Bourbon

Religion Roman Catholicism

Signature
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848,
the last king and penultimate monarch of France.

As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the
Revolutionary Wars, but broke with the Republic over its decision to execute King Louis XVI. He
fled to Switzerland in 1793 after being connected with a plot to restore France's monarchy. His
father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Égalité) fell under suspicion and was
executed, and Louis Philippe remained in exile for 21 years until the Bourbon Restoration. He
was proclaimed king in 1830 after his fifth cousin Charles X was forced to abdicate by the July
Revolution.

The reign of Louis Philippe is known as the July Monarchy and was dominated by wealthy
industrialists and bankers. He followed conservative policies, especially under the influence of
French statesman François Guizot during the period 1840–1848. He also promoted friendship
with Britain and sponsored colonial expansion, notably the French conquest of Algeria. His
popularity faded as economic conditions in France deteriorated in 1847, and he was forced to
abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848.

He lived out the remainder of his life in exile in the United Kingdom. His supporters were known
as Orléanists, as opposed to Legitimists, who supported the main line of the House of Bourbon,
and Bonapartists, who supported the Bonaparte family, which includes (but is not limited to)
Napoleon I and Napoleon III.