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The education in Paris that made him a liberal - and cost him his crown
A liberal-leaning prince educated in Paris slips through an Austrian checkpoint after abdicating his crown-what did it cost him?
The education in Paris that made him a liberal - and cost him his crown
In this episode, we follow the life of Charles Albert from his Paris education to his midnight flight at Orfengo, tracing the choices that pushed him between revolutionary ideas and dynastic duty. How did schooling in Paris and a string of political decisions lead him to abdicate and disappear into the night?
Person: Charles Albert
Date: March 24, 1849
Location: Orfengo checkpoint near Novara…
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