Orléanists

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Orléanists were called the followers of the House of Orléans in France .

On the one hand, during the French Revolution, it was the name given to the partisans of Louis Philippe II. Joseph de Bourbon , Duke of Orléans (called Philippe Égalité ). On the other hand, it has been used to describe the supporters of Ludwig Philip I during the July monarchy since 1830 .

The latter mostly belonged to the upper middle class ( bourgeoisie ) and disbanded from 1848 after the overthrow of the French king, as they could now hardly oppose the rival parties of the Legitimists, Bonapartists and Republicans.

After the war of 1870/71 , the Orléanists came back to the fore; meanwhile, their timid cautiousness, their exaggerated consideration for the clericals, finally the attempt to merge the conservative elements with the legitimist party to obtain the head of the Orléans family, the Count of Paris , and after the death or abdication of the Count of Chambord, the legitimate successor to the kingship to secure, alienated the party many liberal members who turned to the republic. Since the extinction of the older Bourbon line with the death of the Count of Chambord (August 24, 1883), the Orléanists have merged completely with the Legitimists .

List of the Orléanist pretenders to the throne

image Name
(life data) 		Remarks
Louis-Philippe, King of the French - Winterhalter 1845.jpg Louis Philippe d'Orléans
(born October 6, 1773 - † August 26, 1850) 		From 1830 to 1848 reigning King of the French during the "July Monarchy". Deposed by the February Revolution.
Philippe d'Orleans Comte de Paris 1862.jpg Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans
(born August 24, 1838 - † September 8, 1894) 		Grandson of King Louis Philippe.
Philippe, Duke of Orléans.jpg Louis Philippe Robert d'Orléans
(February 6, 1869 - March 28, 1926) 		Son of Philippe d'Orléans.
Jean d'Orléans (1874-1940) .jpg Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans
(September 4, 1874 - August 25, 1940) 		Great-grandson of King Louis Philippe.
Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans
(born July 5, 1908 - † June 19, 1999) 		Son of Jean d'Orléans.
Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, à Poissy, le 27 avril 2014..jpg Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans
(born June 14, 1933 - January 21, 2019) 		Son of Henri d'Orléans.
Jean Charles Pierre Marie d'Orléans
(born May 19, 1965) 		Son of Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans.

literature

  • Gabriel de Broglie : L'Orléanisme. La resource liberale de la France . Perrin, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-262-00216-9 .
  • Alexandre Rémy: La faction Orléaniste. Philippe-Égalité, Louis-Philippe Ier, roi des Français, la régence, la fusion . Edition Desloges, Paris 1852.
  • Hervé Robert: L'Orléanisme . Press Université de France, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-13-045035-0 .

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