The
French Revolution of 1830, also known as the
July Revolution,
Second French Revolution or in French, saw the overthrow of King
Charles X, the French
Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin
Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne, would in turn be overthrown in 1848. It marked the shift from one
constitutional monarchy, the
Bourbon Restoration, to another, the
July Monarchy; the transition of power from the House of
Bourbon to its
cadet branch, the
House of Orléans; and the replacement of the principle of
hereditary right by
popular sovereignty. Supporters of the
Bourbon would be called
Legitimists, and supporters of Louis Philippe
Orléanists.