Post Napoleon France
- Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Bourbon Dynasty was restored to the French Throne. The period of there reigns is called in French Revolution (restoration)
- France had just fought 10 years to get rid of the monarchy, but now it is back. however this time it is in the form of constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute monarchy.
The next 3 kings
- Louis XVII
- Charles X
- Louis-Philippe I, the citizen king
Louis XVII
- Louis XVII was Louis XVI's younger brother.
- he was going to inherit the kingship after his brother.
- However, Louis XVI had two sons so cut him in line, now he is third in line
- In 1795 the 9 year old son of Louis XVI was murdered and so was his younger brother
- Louis XVII took over after that
Charles X
- Weak leader
The Citizen King - Louis-Philippe I
- At first he was much loved and called the Citizen King
- But his popularity suffered as his government was perceived as increasingly conservative and monarchical
- under his management the conditions of the working class deteriorated and the income gap widened considerably
- an economic crisis i 1874 led them to revolt
Napoleon III
- Nephew to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Military leader just like his uncle
- he was determined to regain the French throne
- After the revolution of 1848, in 1850, Napoleon III was elected president of the Second Republic
- He served on that position until 1852, when he was made emperor - a position he hel until 1870
- when the disastrous Franco-Russian war led to his capture.
- Was sent to England and died in 1873
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