Post Napoleon France
- following the ousting of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Bourbon Dynasty was restored to the French Throne. The period of their reign is called the Restauration. (Restoration)
- France had just fought for 10 years to get rid of the monarchy, and they got it right back. But this time it is a constitutional monarchy
- next 3 kings that reigned
- Louis XVII 1814-1824
- Charles X 1824-1830
- Louis-Philippe I, the Citizen King 1830-1848
- Louis XVII was Louis XVI's younger brother. He was going to inherit the kingship after his brother. However, Louis XVI had two sons and they cut in front of him. In 1795, both sons are killed. After Napoleon, Louis XVII proclaimed himself king.
- The Citizen King (Louis-Philippe I)
- at first he was well like and called the 'Citizen King', but his popularity suffered as his government was perceived as increasingly conservative and monarchial
- the working classes deteriorated, and the income gap widened considerably
- an economic crisis in 1847 led the citizens to revolt
- Napoleon III
- nephew to Napoleon Bonaparte
- military leader just like his uncle
- determined to regain the French throne
- after Revolution of 1848, in 1850, Napoleon II was elected president of the Second Republic
- served as President until 1852, when he was made emperor until 1870
- when Franco-Russian War led to his capture, he was sent to England and died in 1873.
- Sound Familiar?
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