Le Duc d'Orl閍ns; Ferdinand; duc d'Orl閍ns; (1810-1842); was the eldest son and heir of King Louis-Philippe. He was a successful military leader; and popular with the public because of his liberal political vews. He was killed after being thrown from a light carriage; ending the hopes of the Orl閍ns dynasty after the abdication of Louis-Philippe and the establishment of the short-lived Second Republic of 1848.Image taken from Les Rois contemporains. Biographies des souverains de l'Europe par MM. Jules Janin; Andre?Van Hasselt; Auguste Orts; The磑dore Juste; Emma de Villers; Van Limburg; le Capitaine de Bormans; Euge`ne Gaussoin; Euge`ne Gens; Ferdinand Carron; etc. etc. [With portraits.].Originally published / produced in Bruxelles; 1849.Bruxelles; 1849.From: Les Rois contemporains. Biographies des souverains.1329. i. 11; opposite 41London; British Library.