The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/NateNate60 on 2024-12-01 19:21:38.

Original Title: TIL during the French Revolution, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, changed his name to “Citizen Égalité”, advocated against absolute monarchy, and in the National Convention, voted to guillotine Louis XVI. Despite this, he still executed in 1793 during Reign of Terror as an enemy of the republic.