Ultra-royalist
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The Ultra-royalists were a French political faction from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration. An Ultra was usually a member of the nobility of high society who strongly supported Catholicism as
Prince Charles, Count of Artois became King Charles X
Joseph de Villèle
Viscount of Chateaubriand was also very liberal on certain policies (e.g. press)
François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye
July Revolution
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The July Revolution, also known as the French Revolution of 1830, Second French Revolution, or les Trois Glorieuses, was a second French Revolution after the first of 1789–99. It led to the overthrow
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix captures and commemorates the July Revolution.
Charles X painted by Thomas Lawrence, 1825
THE GREAT NUTCRACKER OF JULY 25th. In this caricature, Charles X attempts to break a billiard ball marked "charter" with his teeth, but finds the nut too hard to crack.
Scenes of July 1830, a painting by Léon Cogniet, showing the transformation into a brighter French Republic.