Heraldry - The French Monarchy - a 19th century armorial pan...

Heraldry - The French Monarchy - a 19th century armorial panel, painted to celebrate the expected restoration of Henri, Comte de Chambord to the legitimist throne of France as Henri V following the fall of Napoleon III, the suppression of the Commune and the establishment of the Third Republic in 1871 with a royalist majority in the Assembly, the first row of armorials,set above a portrait of Henri, containing the arms of Henri himself and those of his wife, Therèse of Modena and to the right, those of his sister Louise and her husband, Charles III, Duke of Parma, above the arms and alliances of the Orléans branch of the Bourbon family, being eight of the children of King Louis-Philippe I (1830-1848) set out in four rows, in order of birth, oil on mahogany panel, 91cm x 59cm Note: The panel catches a turning point in French history. In the event, Henri V refused to accept the tricouleur as king, insisting that the national flag revert to the white flag as used in the reign of his grandfather Charles X (1824-1830). Consequently, he never reigned, leading to the establishment of the Third Republic (1870-1940). The house of Orléans is shown as it was seen as the childless Henri V’s heirs, although strict legitimists prefer to recognise the claims of Henri’s sister’s descendants, the house of Bourbon-Parma.

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