 In 1830, the July Revolution overthrew Charles X, who abdicated in favour of his 10-year-old grandson, Henri, Duke of Bordeaux, and, naming Louis Philippe "Lieutenant général du royaume", charged him to announce to the popularly elected Chamber of Deputies his desire to have his grandson succeed him.Louis Philippe did not do this, in order to increase his own chances of succession.As a consequence, because the chamber was aware of Louis Philippe's liberal policies and of his popularity with the masses, they proclaimed Louis Philippe, who for eleven days had been acting as the regent for his young cousin, as the new French king, displacing the senior branch of the House of Bourbon.