Philip Egalite, King of France

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Real history (OTL)
June 21, Louis XVI and his family tried to escape from Paris to Austria. However, in Varennes (a town in Lorraine) he was identified by postmaster and arrested, before returning to Paris.

Alternative history (ATL)
Louis the 16th successfully escaped to Austria and persuaded in August of 1791 Frederick Wilhelm II, king of Prussia and Leopold II, emperor of Austria, to send troops to France

Philippe VII, king of France
News about a possible Austro-Prussian invasion to France caused panic; in many parts of the country began royalist rebellion. In this situation, leaders of Jacobin Club (originally sought to establish a constitutional monarchy in France, despite their radicalism) have made other revolutionaries (especially- moderate Girondins) consent to coronation of Duke of Orleans, Philippe Egalite, a member of Jacobin Club, as king Philippe VII