Why did Alfred de Vigny become disillusioned with both Charles X and Louis-Philippe?

Alfred de Vigny’s disillusionment with the French monarchy stemmed from his observation of the repeated failures and faults of successive regimes, which fostered a deep sense of political pessimism.1

Following the July Revolution of 1830, Vigny felt that the cause of the Bourbon king Charles X was no more worthy than that of his successor, Louis-Philippe. He viewed Louis-Philippe’s "bourgeois monarchy" with cynicism, noting that the king had been placed on the throne by the moneyed bourgeoisie.12

Ultimately, Vigny concluded that all political regimes were inherently hostile to the poet, subjecting creative individuals to "perpetual ostracism" and the cruelties of fanaticism. This realization led him to seek a "remedy" of separating poetic life from political life, eventually prompting him to withdraw from public affairs into what was famously described as an "ivory tower".1