Excerpt from The Revolution of 1848

The year 1848 opened sadly. The first article in the Moniteur of January 1, announced the death of the "very high and very powerful Princess Eugenie Adelaide Louise, Princess of Orleans, sister of the King, born at Paris, August 23, 1777, daughter of the very high and very powerful Prince Louis Philippe Joseph of Orleans, and of the very high and very powerful Princess Louise Marie Adelaide of Bourbon, died December 31, 1847, at three o"clock in the morning, in the palace of the Tuileries, at Paris." The body of the Princess was lying in a mortuary chapel in the pavilion of Flora. The chateau, usually so animated on New Year"s day, was silent and sombre. No joyous serenades at dawn! No military music! No official congratulations! On the previous day, Louis Philippe and all his court had put on mourning for two months. This mourning was to be for his sister, in the first place, and very soon after for the monarchy.

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