Louis Philippe of Orleans was King of France. His father was Duke Luis Felipe II of Orleans and his mother Luisa María Adelaida de Borbón Penthievre, born in the city of Paris on October 6, 1773 during his childhood constantly declared great enthusiasm towards the ideals of the French Revolution. He was also part of the Jacobin club in which he was until 1791, there he was given the position by a regiment to command him. He participated in several military campaigns in 1792 against the forces of Austria and Prussia. In 1809 he took as his wife María Amalia de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, who was the daughter of Fernando I, King of the Two Sicilies and María Carolina of Austria.
In 1793 he made the decision to go over to the side of the Austrians alongside General Dumouriez, and for that reason he walked as a nomad throughout the European continent and some regions of America until the Restoration. In 1815 he returned to Paris, where Louis XVIII welcomed him and all his belongings were returned to him. He was invited to Reims to the consecration of Charles X, the latter later awarded him the title of Royal Highness, and an indemnity of 16,000,000 francs for all that he lost in the time he was wandering.
At the time when the revolution of 1830 was unleashed, he was in hiding until the night of July 30, and then he suddenly appeared in Paris, so that later his friends managed to stop the movement and proclaim him king. After that all the European powers recognized him quickly, since they did not want to see the Republic established in France again.
The policy of his government was illiberal and reactionary, strongly denying his primitive tendencies towards Jacobin ideals, and even from the first days of his reign, a time when he could be seen in the street alone, with his umbrella underneath. arm, greeting all the people, and singing the Marseillaise in his palace.
He was forced to defeat many insurrections during his mandate, and was exposed to many assassination attempts until, finally, the revolution of 1848, which began with the electoral reform, but which would end up resulting in the proclamation of the republic., which would end up dethroning him.
