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unusual facts about Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême



Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

In July 1830, in what became known as the July Revolution, masses of angry demonstrators demanded the abdication of Charles and of his descendants, in favour of his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and sent a delegation to the Tuileries Palace to force his compliance.

There, at Hartwell House, King Louis reconstituted his court, and Louis-Antoine was granted an allowance of £300 a month.

Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien

This Army of Condé shared in the Duke of Brunswick's unsuccessful invasion of France.

Marie Christine de Pardaillan de Gondrin

He was promptly imprisoned in the For-l'Évêque, then exiled to his lands - taking young Marie Chrsitine and the even younger Louis Antoine.

Trocadéro

The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero, in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero, in southern Spain, was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême, son of the future king, Charles X, on August 31, 1823.


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