known as the Citizen King
born Oct. 6, 1773, Paris, France
died Aug. 26, 1850, Claremont, Surrey, Eng.
King of the French (1830–48).
Eldest son of the duke d' Orléans , he supported the new government at the outbreak of the French Revolution and joined the Revolutionary army in 1792 but deserted during the war with Austria (1793) and lived in exile in Switzerland, the U.S., and England. He returned to France on the restoration of Louis XVIII and joined the liberal opposition. Following the July Revolution (1830) and Charles X 's abdication, he was proclaimed the "Citizen King" by February Revolution of 1848.