Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans

==July Revolution==

==July Revolution==

In 1830, during the [[July Revolution]], the young [[Duke of Chartres]] was on garrison duty at [[Joigny]]. He made his regiment wear the [[Cockade of France|tricolor cockade]] and quickly led them to aid the uprising in Paris. He was temporarily stopped at [[Montrouge]], and entered Paris on 3 August at the head of his regiment. When his father was offered the French throne by the [[Chamber of Deputies of France|Chamber of Deputies]], Prince Ferdinand Philippe received the title of [[Duke of Orléans]], Prince of Orléans, and also became ''[[dauphin|Prince Royal]]'', the [[heir apparent]] to the throne. Upon entering the [[Conseil d'État (France)|Conseil]] (at his father's bidding), Ferdinand Philippe, who had something of a temper, criticised the time lost by ministers' prevarications and was frequently embroiled in skirmishes with the [[doctrinaires]], to whom he wished to impart the sentiments of revolutionary youth. When [[Casimir Périer]] was nominated president of the ''Conseil'' in March 1831, he accepted the post only on condition that Ferdinand Philippe be excluded from the ''Conseil''.

In 1830, during the [[July Revolution]], the young [[Duke of Chartres]] was on garrison duty at [[Joigny]]. He made his regiment wear the [[Cockade of France|tricolor cockade]] and quickly led them to aid the uprising in Paris. He was temporarily stopped at [[Montrouge]], and entered Paris on 3 August at the head of his regiment. When his father was offered the French throne by the [[Chamber of Deputies of France|Chamber of Deputies]], Prince Ferdinand Philippe received the title of [[Duke of Orléans]], Prince of Orléans, and also became ''[[dauphin of France|Prince Royal]]'', the [[heir apparent]] to the throne. Upon entering the [[Conseil d'État (France)|Conseil]] (at his father's bidding), Ferdinand Philippe, who had something of a temper, criticised the time lost by ministers' prevarications and was frequently embroiled in skirmishes with the [[doctrinaires]], to whom he wished to impart the sentiments of revolutionary youth. When [[Casimir Périer]] was nominated president of the ''Conseil'' in March 1831, he accepted the post only on condition that Ferdinand Philippe be excluded from the ''Conseil''.

In November 1831, the young Duke of Orléans and Marshal [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult]] were sent to repress the [[Canut revolts]]. He acquitted himself of this difficult task without violence and managed to rapidly appease opponents of the July Monarchy, even gaining a certain popularity. During the cholera outbreak in 1832, he did not hesitate to take real risks in visiting the most sickly patients at the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Paris]], accompanied by Casimir Périer (who caught the disease and died).{{cite web | url=http://heirstothethrone-project.net/?page_id=768 | title=Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orleans | Heirs to the Throne Project }} In the eyes of the people and the press he was seen as a generous prince, sincerely preoccupied with the plight of the poor, and he became a sort of icon for the dynastic opposition of politician [[Odilon Barrot]], who saw in him the only prince capable of reconciling modern France's democratic aspirations with the heritage of its monarchical past. On 2 March 1832 he was granted an annual income of 1 million francs under his father's new [[Civil list of the July Monarchy|Civil List]].

In November 1831, the young Duke of Orléans and Marshal [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult]] were sent to repress the [[Canut revolts]]. He acquitted himself of this difficult task without violence and managed to rapidly appease opponents of the July Monarchy, even gaining a certain popularity. During the cholera outbreak in 1832, he did not hesitate to take real risks in visiting the most sickly patients at the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Paris]], accompanied by Casimir Périer (who caught the disease and died).{{cite web | url=http://heirstothethrone-project.net/?page_id=768 | title=Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orleans | Heirs to the Throne Project }} In the eyes of the people and the press he was seen as a generous prince, sincerely preoccupied with the plight of the poor, and he became a sort of icon for the dynastic opposition of politician [[Odilon Barrot]], who saw in him the only prince capable of reconciling modern France's democratic aspirations with the heritage of its monarchical past. On 2 March 1832 he was granted an annual income of 1 million francs under his father's new [[Civil list of the July Monarchy|Civil List]].