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Under his management the conditions of the working classes deteriorated, and the income gap widened considerably. An economic crisis in 1847 led to the citizens of France revolting against their king again the following year.

On 24 February 1848, during the February 1848 Revolution, to general surprise, King Louis Philippe abdicated in favor of his nine-year-old grandson, Philippe. Fearful of what had happened to Louis XVI, Louis Philippe quickly disguised himself and fled Paris. Riding in an ordinary cab under the name of "Mr. Smith", he escaped to England. According to The Times of 6 March 1848, the King and Queen were received at Newhaven, East Sussex before travelling by train to London.

The National Assembly initially planned to accept young Philippe as king, but the strong current of public opinion rejected that. On 26 February, the Second Republic was proclaimed. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was elected President in December; a few years later he declared himself president for life and then Emperor Napoleon III.

Louis Philippe and his family lived in England until his death in Claremont, Surrey. He is buried with his wife, Amelia (26 April 1782-24 March 1866), at the Chapelle royale de Dreux, the family necropolis his mother had built in 1816, in Dreux.

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Louis-Philippe I was known as "King of the French" since this is the proper title for the French monarchs for centuries and Louis-Philippe I was a King of France. It is the same reason that Barack Obama is known as "President of the United States" since this is the proper title for a US President.

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He was considered to be a liability to the French Rebolution.

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revolutions of 1848

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