English King Charles I
Preserved but no longer current.
By his second wife Philip had a son Philip (1674-1723) known as the Regent Orleans as he acted in that capacity to Louis XV in his minority. His great-grand- son became notorious for his career in the French Revolution when he assumed the name of Philippe Egalite and voted for the death 9f his kinsman Louis XVI. He was guillotined in 1793, at the age of 46.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “English King Charles I” mean?
By his second wife Philip had a son Philip (1674-1723) known as the Regent Orleans as he acted in that capacity to Louis XV in his minority. His great-grand- son became notorious for his career in the French Revolution when he assumed the name of Philippe Egalite and voted for the death 9f his kinsman Louis XVI. He was guillotined in 1793, at the age of 46.
Is “English King Charles I” formal or informal?
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