Prince Ferdinand Philippe Duc d'Orleans and Prince Royale was the eldest son and heir of the Citizen King, Louis-Philippe I. By all accounts he was a popular Prince, thanks in part to his brilliant military career and Liberal ideas. He was considered to be the most popular Member of the Royal Family while he was alive. Sadly he died in a carriage accident in July 1842. Some say that his death is what helped cause his father's over through during the February Revolution of 1848. So what if he didn't die and lived for at least as long as his brothers? Would the July Monarchy have survived 1848? If, not could we have seen a Restoration in the 1870s? Or would we meanly have had a different Orleans Pretender?