Part of the Bourbon Restoration | |
![]() Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix: an allegorical painting of the July Revolution. | |
Date | 26–29 July 1830 |
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Location | France |
Also known as | The July Revolution |
Participants | French society |
Outcome | Abdication of Charles X Ascension of Louis Philippe to the French throne and establishment of the constitutional July Monarchy |
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution, was the throwing off of Charles X of France from power. His cousin Louis-Philippe, the Duc d'Orléans, became king. However, after 18 hard years on the throne, he would also be removed from the position of king. It showed the change from one kind of monarchy to another. This change was from the Bourbon Restoration to the July Monarchy. This also marked the change of power from the House of Bourbon to the House of Orléans. People who supported Bourbon would be called Legitimists, whereas supporters of Louis-Phillipe were called Orléanists. Louis-Philippe was king of the French (not King of France) until the French Revolution of 1848.