Charter of 1830
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Original title | (in French) Charte constitutionnelle du 14 août 1830 |
The Charter of 1830 (French: Charte de 1830) instigated the July Monarchy in France. It was considered a compromise between constitutional monarchists and republicans.
History
After three days of protests in July 1830 – the July Revolution, also called the "Three Glorious Days" (les trois glorieuses) – by the merchant bourgeoisie, who were outraged to be ousted from the limited voters list by the July Ordinances, Charles X was forced to abdicate. Charles X's chosen successor was his young grandson, Henri, comte de Chambord, but Henri never ascended to the throne. The line of natural hereditary succession was abolished and a member of the cadet Orléans line of the Bourbon family was chosen: Louis Philippe I.
On August 7, the
Constitutional provisions
The Charter of 1830 removed from the king the power to make ordinances for the security of the state; royal
See also
External links
- The full text of the Charter of 1830 at Wikisource
- Charter of 1830 on Encyclopædia Universalis (in French)