Who succeeded Charles X to the throne after he abdicated?
Louis XVIII
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Philippe I
Louis XVI
Answer
After Charles X abdicated, Louis Philippe I succeeded him to the throne of France. Louis Philippe was a member of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. He had been living in exile in Britain during the Bourbon Restoration, but returned to France after the July Revolution of 1830.
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