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11. Lows 1’ 111411'1'13 osnm, “Evali u
c,

, son

7). I3 April 1747
Becmue duke of Chartres . I752
Adopted English h'1hits {111d hotly opposed the

001111: 511111 L'0\'e1'11111e11t 1769-71
Joined the Moiiulain 1111'tvi11 the national 00111-

vention; to 1'111e1'l hi111sulf “ Philippe E1r'1lilu” . 1792
Voted ("'01 the death of Louis XVI. . J1111.z793
wuillotincd 6 Nov. 1 .

242. ORLEANS (L. -Ph. —Jos. (1’), (iii Egalité.
Joli 1'1'911 Sign, 3111‘ \élin, (11'. 18320 ii\., pour

le payement des of-
ﬁciers de sa maison; 1781, in-S. " ‘

ORLEANS, Louis JosErH PHILir, duke
of, (better knoun by his republican ap-
pellation oi Egalilu) was the brother at
Louis XVI., and father at Louis Philip the
present king lot the 111.111 11. He was o'rn
11tSt Cloud, in 1717, 111111111ed the 1l11111l1ter
at the duke of- Penthieme, grand admiral
111 ifrance, in 1769; was from his youth
guiltvnl the most unbiidled licentiousness;
and acquired 11 base notoriety [111 his cnn-
duet durin-r the I-rL'nch 1'e111lntion. After
the death (11 his father, in 1787, he became
the her:1ditarv title and as
having1 indulged to satiety in
all sensual pleasm w 111: 10111111 a new Lind
ct excitement 1111' his ynailed appetites in the
atom s of the revulntion, and a new source
114 , rein the "raIilicntious 0i reven e.
Ht: had entered the 11111111, and 11:15 entit ed
by his birth to the place of 0111111 admiral;
but having; been ﬂCL‘lI.~0!l a’ot 11-oi1ardiL-L-
while' 111 1:11111111111111 11f a di1ision at the ﬂeet
arrninst Kennel, in the action otl' Usl111nt,i11
1778,1nste1d ot receiiing promotion in the
1111131, the post of colonel-freneral oi the
bus 11-1 was created and bestoucd on him.
From thi time 111111 be dated his hatred (11
Louis XVI.; and 1c subsequently adopted
, e11 r11111ethnd to obtain popularitv, with a
vieu to political pnuer. In the disputes
b1-tu evn the court and the parlitunents, he
constantly opposed the rovnl authmity.
‘ object cvidentlv 1111s to reduce the king
to late of tutelan'e, and procure for him-
sclt the formidable uti'iL'e (1t lientenant- ge-
neral of the ugdom. lie caused scan-
dalous lihels against the queen, \1l111m he
‘ 11111' 11:1111i1l1 the most bitter hatI',121l to be
distributc1l;11nd his bust was carried in
triumph lhtough the streets by the popu-
lnce. He was chosen a. member oi the N1 -
liunal Cunvention, ulth
and ltubespierx'e, in SeptL1 111
which time the Commune of Pa 5
(1 him to adopt for himself and his de-
1 Lndants the appellation or E' 'té, i -
stead oi the name and titles of 11 1 ,
and he not only vutud for the de th at the
king, but was present at his cution.
But he \11'1‘: not qualiﬁed to pr by the
cmnmulinns 111: had promoted; he was 's
weak as in: was wic ; as indecisive as he
uns ambitious. lhc tobins had no longer
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