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LEGITIMISTS (Fr. legitimistes, from legitime, lawful, legitimate) , the name of the party in See also:France which after the revolution of 183o continued to support the claims of the See also:elder See also:line of the See also:house of See also:Bourbon as the legitimate sovereigns " by divine right." The See also:death of the See also:comte de See also:Chambord in 1883 dissolved the parti legitimiste, only an insignificant remnant, known as the Blancs d'Espagne, repudiating the See also:act of renunciation of See also:Philip V. of See also:Spain and upholding the rights of the Bourbons of the line of See also:Anjou. The word legitimiste was not admitted by the See also:French See also:Academy until 1878; but meanwhile it had spread beyond France, and the See also:English word legitimist is now applied to any supporter of See also:monarchy by hereditary right as against a See also:parliamentary or other See also:title.

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