Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-04-01
MEMOIR OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.

TIE EvLiro of the French was horn in Paris
October 9Th, i773 and consequently is now in his
75th year He succeeded TO the title of Duke of
OrIeans in l7q3 after the death of his father Phil
;nne FoaIite who il is well known suffered by the
gIllotine in the sancuinarv DAVIS of the Revolution
THE Orleans branch of the bourbon family of which
Iouis Philppe is now the head originated in Phil
inne n vounGer son of Iouis Kill created Duke of
prlaans' nv his cLIrr hrothrr Ionis XIV The first
Duke of Orleans twice married his second wife be-
inc Elizabeth Charlotte of Bohemia grand daughter
of James l. of England; thus connecting the houses
of Orleans and Stuart from the latter of whom the
Queen of England, Victoria is descended.
=. ~, 49,. .,. .,u,d from,
rn rop many ySa,s ho"is imiu tr;cs Of Europr
10 80, 49, III I;,1 So, l.; h;s viIc While
:"' i5i'i'12 .~ J W. ,anher in an acadc-
III " I.'.' Nv e.; IL trnt, Icars of
my loI eisn' ion' '"'' a, h ,ysr tanrbt
"st. - ,II - w :: - II, snnos1d
''nTOi ~ wv 49,: xo..a,La roe and
lie arrived IN inns country III coeI' TO- I'M ';'u
was joined by ms TWO Grotners' inc 1ilrcc sleu'lS
some tune WIN ocn. w ashston at ,,o"u troi,n
ne Wcs,er" cpuntry' Alter tour TO the Lakes and
he FaIs of Nia@ara the Princes returned to Phla-
d"Inb;a whore tL"v resided - few months. Having
Jtnrn1inod IN ion heir mother in Snain the Princes
concluded IN on thithrr bv wav of New Orleans and
Havano FnT that nurn1s, tbcv aoon crossed the
mountains IN Pittshnryh and descending the Ohio
and Mississinn rivers In boat arrived at ~ Orleans
in Fcbrnarv I7oS Brinr refused n passage TO spain
f T., pIa hi,r H. ,t fn NJ Orrans
th,y sa;cJ TO New, Yorl, whence an Enolish nackct
carr;od tborn n Ealmoutb at which nIacr thcv mr.
;yoJ - Eohnorr ISOn The Princes then tool, nm
the;r rasiIonc'. On tbc hanks If tho Thames at
Trlicl,enban, The, received much attention from
The EngI;sh nob;I;tt; The mad n VOYAGE TO the
I.l,nd Gf Mnorcn = nassarc bring givcn Them in n
f;onta hv the Rr;t;sh Coycrnn,r1,? but fnlinr M
on9ortrni,r of nossing thence 10 Sn,in. which was
tbfn in n convuscd STATE th.v returned TO Enrland
md rcs;deJ for so,,r veors ut Twickcnbom The
nnLa If Orlcans had The misfortune to lose both his
brothers Will in c>,iie m. nmlc of Nontnrnsirr
died in Fngand in ISO7 and his remains were Inferred
in WnstminStnr Ahbnv The Count Rsauiolois died
at NIaIta uhi,ber Liy bra,bcr accnmnanieI him in
IsoS
From Malta Iopis pbiInne went n Sicily. and
accepted an invitation from Ferdinand, the King of
Sicily, TO visit the royal family, at Palermo. During
his residence there he gained the affections Of the
Princess Amelia, the second daughter of the King,
and with the consent of Ferdinand and the Duchess
of Orleans, who had joined her son in Sicily, their
marriage took place in November, 1903. By this
lady, late Queen of the French Louis Philippe has
had eight children, of whom six still survive, viz
/ Iouisa oueen of R.lqium (wiG. Of I,eonold y
horn ISI9
D Ionis Duke of Ncmours horn 1914 married
Victoria Angnsta of Coburr cousin of Prince Albert
2 Maria CIementina b6rn 1Sl7-nnmorried
4. Francis, Prince de ,Joinyille, born ISIS, Admi
raj of the French Navy married Francesca a sister
of the Emneror Of Brazil, and of the Queen of Por
turaI.
5. Henry D,Aumalc, born 1922; married to Caro-