Louis Phillipe I. Orleans´dies in 1793 during/after the battle of Neerwinden

What if he died decades before being an important historical figure during the events of the July Revolution in 1830 until the end of his reign in 1848 ? After the disastrous battle of Neerwinden , the 20 year old officier collaborated in General Dumouriez´s plan to march back to Paris and overthrow the Jakobin Revolutionary government. So he could have lost his head, if he hadn´t fled to the Austrian lines and instead had been caught.
When he went to Reichenau, Switzerland , he lived under a false name, because previous French emigrants of the Revolution ( Louis father voted for the King´s death) were angry against him as a previous supporter of the Revolution. He could have died young several times. What consequences would it have to French and European history, if the duke of Orleans´, also a promoter of French colonialism and founder of the Foreign Legion, died at this point of time ?
 
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What was his impact before 1830?
His travels between 1793 ans 1815 sound really cool. Living in Switzerland as private tutor, then with a vicar in Lapland, in Boston and in Havana - he was much more of a globetrotter than I knew. Thios alone could serve to shake up the butterflies immensly.
I mean, in 1796 or 1797 he met with Washington, Hamilton and other American celebritie. If he is dead, they will have different schedules, meet different people, say different things. During his 15 years in England he will have also done things that affected his hosts.

The death of LPh will not affect the eventual Bourbon restoration and the accession of Louis XVIII, nor the latter's lack of children. Charles X will succeed, and he already has two sons: Louis Antoine, born 1775, and Charles Ferdinand, born 1778. The first is a well known reactionary, so he will probably not survive politically when the unrest starts in ~1830.
CF, the Duke of Berry, will not be assassinated in 1820. 27 years of LPh being dead will create enough ripples to prevent such a fluke incident.
CF seems to have been more personable. Maybe he manages to secure the succession for himself or for a hypothetical son. His OTL marriage might not happen the same way - different wife, different children.
But if he only marries after the restoration like in OTL, his son will be still minor in 1830. The distinguish that son from OTL persons, let's call him François.
We might see a situation where the Chambre of Deputies proclaims François III. as King of the French under a regent, trying to educate him as liberal king. It's anyone's guess if that can succeed.
By now, changes have accumulated for almost two generations. It is very difficult to say any substantial over politics.
Just one example: The whole Egyptian expedition of General Bonaparte, its troubles and the aftermath with the power struggle between Ottomans and Mamluks, the coup of Mehmet Ali with the extermination of the Mamluks are all in the future of the PoD and were partiallyshaped by small random incidents, so in the 1830 the situation in the "Orient" will be different enough to completely change French policy.





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