Orleans and the United States

Duke de orleans and his two brothers fled to the united states in 17 97. They lived among a grab bag of french exiles, some who had also fled the monarchy. Their mother was granted permission to move with her new husband to spain free of potential retribution. In 18 hundred they put out feelers to their cousin, the comte d'artois,. He wanted to mend all fences and unite the royal family while louis the eighteenth bore eternal enmity against him. The families publicly reconciled for the sake of the greater royalist cause. D Duke then settled down in england and lived there from 18 hundred till 18 o eight; he would later consider these