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Excerpt from The Rise and Fall of Louis Philippe, Ex-King of the French: Giving a History of the French Revolution, From Its Commencement, in 1789
He is portrayed as a well formed, portly man, his eye hag: gard with debauch, and his face covered with fiery crup tions, the fruit of intemperance. When, by the death of his father, he became Duke of Orleans, his son, who had been baptized Duke of Valois, succeeded to the title of Duke of Chartres.
Louis Philippe's first preceptor was a boon companion of his father's, the Chevalier de Bonnard, captain of the royal ar tillery, whose sole aim (in accordance with his instructions) was to impart to his pupil graceful manners, the code of honor, and the knowledge of fencing necessary to enforce its edicts, - barbarous remnants of chivalry. When he entered his. Eighth year, he had three brothers and a sister the Duke of Valois, the Duke of Montpensier, the Count of Beaujolais, and the Princess Adelaide.
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