Louis Philippe

noun

1. Citizen King, 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.

Louis Philippe

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noun

1. Louis Philippe17731850MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as the Citizen King. 1773–1850, king of the French (1830–48). His régime became excessively identified with the bourgeoisie and he was forced to abdicate by the revolution of 1848

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After Honoré Daumier caricatured King Louis Philippe as Gargantua, he was sent to prison.

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Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.

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Octave de Camps reappears as an ironmaster, during the reign of Louis Philippe.

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He died in the second half of the reign of Louis Philippe, leaving an income of forty thousand francs to the former danseuse.

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This was effected, and Louis Philippe was balked of his desire to interfere in Portugal to promote a reactionary policy.

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Portugal was saved for the time, and the designs of Louis Philippe were permanently baffled.

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