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New egalitarian ideas compilled into an ideology called communardism rocked France in the 1870s. Coming from France's intellectual circles, the concept of ''communardism'' would win over the French public's following and lead to the bloody murder of King Louis in 1873. The heir died shortly after due to a falling accident. With the Bourbon line dying out, the radical communard party ''Société des Amis de la République'' (often shortened to the ''Société'') occupied the power vacuum. The party leader, [https://wiki.rosestulipsandliberty.com/wiki/%C3%89tienne%20Th%C3%A9venet Étienne Thévenet], declared the establishment of the Communard Republic of France, espousing hardline communard ideals and rejecting all forms of religion and aristocracy. Thévenet envisions a united Europe that transcends racial and linguistic boundaries, united under the ideals of communardism.
As the first step to achieve this, Thévenet looked to the tiny principality of Belgique to the northeast. Belgique was a pre-dominantly French-speaking Wallonian principality and already had a growing communard movement within. Thévenet supported Belgique's communard insurrection in late 1874 with the French treasury, and the revolution became successful. Belgique was incorporated as a new ''département'' of France by Christmas eve of 1874. The Christmas Uprising is a regional holiday in the present-day French
==== 1877 Coup and British intervention ====
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