The Siege of Constantine in 1837 was decided by Louis Philippe I and the head of his government, Count Molé in the summer of 1837 at a time when, with the consolidation of the July Monarchy and recovery economic prosperity, the king is considering a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies. As Charles X tried in 1830 with the expedition to Algiers, the king of the French was seeking a better result in the elections by offering the country a little military glory and revenge for Clausel's failed expedition against Constantine in 1836.