He followed conservative policies, especially under the influence of French statesman François Guizot during the period 1840–1848. The reign of Louis Philippe is known as the July Monarchy and was dominated by wealthy industrialists and bankers. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after his cousin Charles X was forced to abdicate by the July Revolution. Louis Philippe remained in exile for 21 years until the Bourbon Restoration. His father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Égalité) fell under suspicion and was executed during the Reign of Terror.
He fled to Switzerland in 1793 after being connected with a plot to restore France's monarchy. Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.Īs Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen, but he broke with the Republic over its decision to execute King Louis XVI.
