“I will never allow a Prince, who should only be there to hold the stirrup for Bonaparte's family, to become King of a neighboring realm.”

— Louis Philippe I

Source: Belgium since the Revolution of 1830, Page 226. https://be1830.be/onewebmedia/Belgi%C3%AB_sedert_de_omwenteling_in_1830%20I.pdf The French King Rejects 'Duke August van Leuchtenberg' as possible canidate for the Belgian throne.

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King of the French 1773–1850

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