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In 1830, Charles and his elder son the Dauphin abdicated in favour of Bordeaux, whose supporters proclaimed him Henry V. However parliament instead decreed that the throne should go to a distant cousin, the Duc d'Orléans, who became Louis-Philippe, King of the French.

The Comte de Chambord, as he was generally known, remained the Legitimist claimant to the throne under the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, the Second Republic and the Empire of Napoleon III. In the early 1870sEvents and Trends Franco-Prussian War ( 1870- 1871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire. Invention of the telephone ( 1876) and phonograph ( 1877). See also the H, as the Empire collapsed following its defeat in the Franco-Prussian WarMars-la-Tour, August 16, 1870 The Franco-Prussian War ( July 19, 1870 May 10, 1871) was waged between the Empire of France and the Prussian led North German Confederation allied with the south German states of Baden, Bavaria and Wurttemberg. The conflict, Chambord was offered the throne by the French National AssemblyThis article concerns the modern National Assembly. For information about the body formed in the French Revolution, see National Assembly (French Revolution). The French National Assembly ( French: Assemblee nationale is one of the two houses of the bicam. The "Legitimists" or "Bourbonists" came to an arrangement with the other monarchists, the Orleanists, whereby the Comte de Chambord would be recognised as the legitimate King and in the absence of any children, the Orleanist claimaint the Comte de ParisComte de Paris or Count of Paris is a title used by three claimants to the French throne: Philippe, Comte de Paris ( 1838- 1894): French orleanist monarchists referred to him as "Louis-Philippe II", and then later when Henri, comte de Chambord died, he wa would succeed him, thus reuniting the two royal housess. However the Comte de Chambord set one demand that the National Assembly refused to grant: that France abandon its tricolourFlag Ratio: 2:3 The tricolore is the national flag of France. Known to English speakers as the French tricolour (UK) or tricolor (US), it features three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. Design The red and blue colours of the flag and return to the BourbonThe House of Bourbon dates from at least the beginning of the 13th century, when the estate of Bourbon was ruled by a Lord, vassal of France. With the course of time, the House of Bourbon would become one of the most powerful ruling families of Europe, wi fleur-de-lisQuebec The fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys plural fleurs-de-lis or lys is used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with France. The name, anglicized, means " lily flower", and the symbol is in fact a stylized Iris pseudacorus L. It wa.

A temporary Third Republic was established, to wait for the childless Chambord's death and his replacement by the Comte de Paris. By Chambord's death in 1883, however, public opinion had swung behind the Republic, as the form of government that 'divides us least', in the words of former President Thiers.