<P> 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 Great Britain . </P>
<P> 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 Great Britain . </P>
who was the ruler of france in 1830
who was the ruler of france in 1830
Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe I