Louis Philippe 1773 - 1850.

He joined the revolution army taking part in the campaigns at Valmy and Jemappes and was present at the bombardment of Maastrict, Venlo and Neerwinden. Louis Philippe escaped from France under threat of arrest in the same year King Louis XVI and his own father had been sent to the Guillotine. He remained in self imposed exile for 21 years living in various countries including America.

1809 saw him marry the daughter of Ferdinand IV of Naples, Marie - Amélie de Bourbon. After the fall of Napoleon I, he returned to France and was given back his lands and titles. On the abdication of Charles X in 1830, Louis Philippe became the constitutional head of France. His reign lasted 18 years until he was again forced to flee by the revolution of 1848. He died in England in 1850.