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.
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.
He was considered to be a liability to the French Rebolution.
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The forced abdication of king Charles X led to the proclamation of Louis Philippe as king of France in 1830.
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The French monarch in 1789 was King Louis XVI. He became King of France in 1774.
Louis-Philippe, the first, last and only monarch of the Orléans dynasty
Louis XIV of France was known as The Sun King. he was known as the Sun King because of the idea that as the planets revolve around the Sun, so too should France and the court revolve around him
Louis-Philippe, who reigned 1830 to 1848 as a constitutional monarch.
Philippe II, king from 1180 to 1223, is known as Philippe-Auguste to the French. He is considered as one of the major kings in French history.
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It depends on the French Revolution in question:French Revolution of 1789-1799: King Louis XVI / replaced with First RepublicJuly Revolution of 1830: King Charles X / replaced with King Louis Philippe IThe June Rebellion of 1832: King Louis Philippe I / survived the revolutionThe French Revolution of 1848: King Louis Philippe I / replaced with Second Republic
The French Foreign Legion was created in 1831 by the then King Louis-Philippe.
The French got rid of their king during the French revolution (1789 - the king Louis XVI was beheaded in Jan. 1793), during the 1830 revolution (ousting of Charles X, replaced by the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe), and the 1848 revolution (ousting of Louis-Philippe and proclamation of the 2nd republic).
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
before, or after? In 1830 it was Charles X out, Louis-Philippe in.
The King Louis Philippe founded the Legion in 1831.
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King Louis-Philippe of France was born on October 6, 1773.
The King of the French who went to exile for 21 years was Louis Philippe. He was crowned as a king on 1830 and his monarch was called July Monarchy.