Louis Philippe I of the French

Louis Philippe I
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1841
King of the French
Reign	9 August 1830 – 24 February 1848
Proclamation	9 August 1830
Predecessor	Charles X as King of France Louis XIX (not proclaimed) Henry V (not proclaimed)
Successor	Monarchy abolished Jacques Dupont de l'Eure as Head of the Provisional Government
Prime Ministers	See list Jacques Laffitte Casimir Perier The Duke of Dalmatie The Count Gérard The Duke of Bassano The Duke of Trévise The Duke of Broglie Adolphe Thiers The Count of Molé François Guizot
Born	(1773-10-06)6 October 1773 Palais Royal, Paris, Kingdom of France
Died	26 August 1850(1850-08-26) (aged 76) Claremont, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Burial	1876 Chapelle royale de Dreux
Spouse	Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
Issue see detail...	Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans Louise, Queen of the Belgians Marie, Duchess Alexander of Württemberg Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours Clémentine, Princess August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha François, Prince of Joinville Prince Charles, Duke of Penthièvre Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Full name Louis Philippe d'Orléans
House	Orléans
Father	Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Mother	Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Royal styles of Louis Philippe I of France
Reference style	His Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty
Alternative style	Sir

Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 as the leader of the Orléanist party. As a member of the cadet branch of the Royal House of France and a cousin of King Louis XVI of France by reason of his descent from their common ancestors Louis XIII and Louis XIV, he had earlier found it necessary to flee France during the period of the French Revolution in order to avoid imprisonment and execution, a fate that actually befell his father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. He spent 21 years in exile after he left France in 1793. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after his cousin Charles X was forced to abdicate in the wake of the events of the July Revolution of that year. His government, known as the July Monarchy, was dominated by members of a wealthy French elite and numerous former Napoleonic officials. He followed conservative policies, especially under the influence of the French statesman François Guizot during the period 1840–48. He also promoted friendship with Britain and sponsored colonial expansion, notably the conquest of Algeria. His popularity faded as economic conditions in France deteriorated in 1847, and he was forced to abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848. He lived out his life in exile in United Kingdom.

Louis Philippe was born in the Palais Royal, the residence of the Orléans family in Paris, to Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres (who would become Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, upon the death of his father Louis Philippe I), and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince of the Blood, which entitled him the use of the style "Serene Highness". His mother was an extremely wealthy heiress who was descended from Louis XIV of France through a legitimized line.