Louis Philippe, King of the French, not France
Louis Philippe, King of the French, not France On This Day in History, October 6th, in 1773, Louis Philippe I, King of the French, if not France, was born. You probably think that didn't sound right, but you'd be wrong. He was never King of France, instead he proclaimed himself King of the French. This had something to do with what happened during and after the French Revolution. Louis Philippe was forced to flee France during the French Revolution to avoid what happened to most of his family. As in, imprisonment and execution. His father, the Duke of Orleans, didn't run fast enough and Madame La Guillotine had her wicked way with him. Nope, Madame La Guillotine was not one of the local hookers, she was the nickname for a very sharp blade that separated head from neck. Louis Philippe spent 21 years in exile, living the high life, until his return to France. He was proclaimed King in 1830 after his cousin was ...