The House of Bourbon is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty,the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. A branch descended from the French Bourbons came to rule Spain in the 18th century and is the current Spanish royal family. Further branches,descended from the Spanish Bourbons,held thrones in Naples,Sicily,and Parma. Today,Spain and Luxembourg have monarchs of the House of Bourbon. The royal Bourbons originated in 1272,when Robert,the youngest son of King Louis IX of France,married the heiress of the lordship of Bourbon. The house continued for three centuries as a cadet branch,serving as nobles under the direct Capetian and Valois kings.
Louis Philippe I,nicknamed the Citizen King,was King of the French from 1830 to 1848,and the penultimate monarch of France. He abdicated from his throne during the French Revolution of 1848,which led to the foundation of the French Second Republic. As Louis Philippe,Duke of Chartres,he distinguished himself commanding troops during the French Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen,but he broke with the Republic over its decision to execute King Louis XVI. He fled to Switzerland in 1793 after being connected with a plot to restore France's monarchy. His father Louis Philippe II,Duke of Orléans,fell under suspicion and was executed during the Reign of Terror.
Étienne Pasquier was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529,but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549.
Henri,Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883.
Michel Louis Etienne Regnaud,later 1st Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély was a French politician.
Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d'Orléans was a French princess,one of the daughters of Philippe d'Orléans,known as Philippe Égalité during the French Revolution,and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. She was titled Mademoiselle de Chartres at birth,Mademoiselle d'Orléans at the death of her older twin sister in 1782,Mademoiselle (1783–1812),Madame Adélaïde (1830). As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon,she was a princesse du sang.
Emmanuel de Grouchy,marquis de Grouchy was a French military leader who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the last Marshal of the Empire to be created by Napoleon,and is best known for his actions during the Waterloo campaign.
The Chancellor of France,also known as the Grand Chancellor or Lord Chancellor,was the officer of state responsible for the judiciary of the Kingdom of France. The Chancellor was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundry parlements,provincial appellate courts. However,since the Chancellor was appointed for life,and might fall from favour,or be too ill to carry out his duties,his duties would occasionally fall to his deputy,the Keeper of the Seals of France.
Hugues-Bernard Maret,1st Duke of Bassano,was a French statesman,diplomat and journalist.
Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno,Comte de Daru was a French soldier,statesman,historian,and poet.
Charles-François Lebrun,1st duc de Plaisance was a French statesman who served as Third Consul of the French Republic and was later created Arch-Treasurer by Napoleon I.
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon,a legitimated prince of the blood royal,was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs,marquise de Montespan. At the age of five,he became grand admiral of France.
Antoine-François,comte Andréossy was a Franco-Italian nobleman,who served as a French Army artillery general,diplomat and parliamentarian.
Nicolas François,Count Mollien,was a French financier. The son of a merchant,he early showed ability,and entered the ministry of finance,where he rose rapidly;in 1784,at the time of the renewal of the arrangements with the tax-farmers-general,he was practically chief in that department and made terms advantageous to the national exchequer.
Claude Antoine Gabriel de Choiseul,Duke of Choiseul was a French soldier and émigré Royalist.
Jean-Antoine-Joseph de Bry,also spelled Debry,was a French politician of the French Revolution. He served as President of the National Convention,and is famous for the slogan La patrie est en danger he proposed.
Pierre-Augustin Hulin was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the storming of the Bastille,the trial of the Duke d'Enghien,and the foiling of the Malet coup.
Events from the year 1767 in France
