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At her home he met the Duc de Fitz-James and the other leaders of militant legitimism, and little by little he gravitated towards their party.

From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber

But Chateaubriand had never given up his legitimism, and the murder of the Duke d'Enghien shocked him irresistibly.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

I have always believed that he was really convinced of his right, and I doubt whether Charles X. was ever more infatuated with his legitimism than he with his.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de

Rightly envisaged, the Crimean war was the end of what remained of absolutism and legitimism in Europe. 

From Notes on Life and Letters by Conrad, Joseph

If in her husband’s room at the bank legitimism was a mere unpopulated principle, in her salon Legitimacy was nothing but persons. 

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph