Monarchism in France
Monarchism in France is the advocacy of restoring the monarchy (mostly constitutional monarchy) in France, which was abolished after the 1870 defeat by Prussia, arguably before that in 1848 with the establishment of the French Second Republic. The French monarchist movements are roughly divided today into three groups: The Legitimists for the royal House of Bourbon, the Orléanists for the cadet branch of the House of Orléans, and the Bonapartists for the imperial House of Bonaparte == History == Following the French Revolution, the deposition of Louis XVI in 1792 (later execution in 1793) and the establishment of the First French Republic, monarchist sentiment still remained strong among many elements in France as well as among the exiled émigré community abroad.