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Two young grandsons were left; and the king had also several sons, one of whom, the Duke of Montpensier, he gave in marriage to Louise, the sister and heiress presumptive to the Queen of Spain; though, by treaty with the other European Powers, it had been agreed that she should not marry a French prince unless the queen had children of her own. TWO YOUNG GRANDSONS WERE LEFT AND THE KING HAD ALSO SEVERAL SONS ONE OF WHOM THE DUKE OF MONTPONCIER HE GAVE IN MARRIAGE TO LOUISE THE SISTER AND HEIRESS PRESUMPTIVE OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN THOUGH BY TREATY WITH THE OTHER EUROPEAN POWERS IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT SHE SHOULD NOT MARRY A FRENCH PRINCE UNLESS A QUEEN HAD CHILDREN OF HER OWN
y was settled in Algiers, and endured a long and desperate war with the wild Arab tribes. A colony was also established in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, and attempts were carried out to compensate thus for the losses of colonial possessions which France had sustained in wars with England. Discontents, however, began to arise, on the one hand from those who remembered only the successes of Buonaparte, and not the miseries they had caused, and on the other from the working-classes, who declared that the _bourgeois_, or tradespeople, had gained everything by the revolution of July, but they themselves nothing. Louis Philippe did his best to gratify and amuse the people by sending for the remains of Napoleon, and giving him a magnificent funeral and splendid monument among his old soldiers--the Invalides; but his popularity was waning. In 1842 his eldest son, the Duke of Orleans, a favourite with the people, was killed by a fall from his carriage, and this was another shock to his throne. S AND A GREAT COLONY WAS SETTLED IN ALGIERS AND ENDURED A LONG AND DESPERATE WAR WITH THE WILD ARAB TRIBES A COLONY WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEW CALEDONIA IN THE PACIFIC AND ATTEMPTS WERE CARRIED OUT TO COMPENSATE THUS FOR THE LOSSES OF COLONIAL POSSESSIONS WHICH FRANCE HAD SUSTAINED IN WARS WITH ENGLAND DISCONTENTS HOWEVER BEGAN TO ARISE ON THE ONE HAND FROM THOSE WHO REMEMBERED ONLY THE SUCCESSES OF BONAPARTE AND NOT THE MISERIES THEY HAD CAUSED AND ON THE OTHER FROM THE WORKING CLASSES WHO DECLARED THAT THE BOURGEOIS OR TRADESPEOPLE HAD GAINED EVERYTHING BY THE REVOLUTION OF JULY BUT THEY THEMSELVES NOTHING LOUIS PHILIPPE DID HIS BEST TO GRATIFY AND AMUSE THE PEOPLE BY SENDING FOR THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON AND GIVING HIM A MAGNIFICENT FUNERAL AND SPLENDID MONUMENT AMONG HIS OLD SOLDIERS THE INVALIDES BUT HIS POPULARITY WAS WANING IN EIGHTEEN FORTY TWO HIS ELDEST SON THE DUKE OF ORLEANS A FAVORITE WITH THE PEOPLE WAS KILLED BY A FALL FROM HIS CARRIAGE AND THIS WAS ANOTHER SHOCK TO HIS THRONE
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