WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is known as last king of France
A
Lord Bryson
B
Louis Phillippe
C
Louis XVI
D
Napoleon Bonaparte
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Louis-Philippe himself was forced to abdicate in 1848 and lived in exile at Claremont House, Esher, in England, until he died in 1850. He was the last King to rule France.

Detailed explanation-3: -The monarchy was formally abolished, and “Year I” of the French Republic was declared. Louis XVI died at the guillotine on 21 January 1793. He was the last king to live at the Palace of Versailles, and the revolutionaries duly gave him the nickname “Louis the Last”.

Detailed explanation-4: -The July Monarchy is marked by the triumph of the wealthy bourgeoisie, a return to Napoleonic influence and colonial expansion. Louis-Philippe is known as the “citizen king” because of his bourgeois manners and clothes, but his reign proves differently.

Detailed explanation-5: -Louis-Philippe, known as the Citizen King, (born Oct. 6, 1773, Paris, France-died Aug. 26, 1850, Claremont, Surrey, Eng.), King of the French (1830–48).

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