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The 4th House of Orléans (French: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (French: Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet.
The House of Orléans was a French noble and royal family. It descends from Louis XIV of France and his only brother Philippe, Duke of Orléans. The families main traditional home was the Palais Royal in Paris. The family later became very powerful during the reign of Louis Philippe I. He ruled France under the title King of the French.
The 4th House of Orléans, sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet.
It is at this location that Joan is believed to have stayed for a few weeks in 1429 after fighting the English who had laid seige to Orléans. At the time, the house belonged to Jacques Boucher, the Treasurer General of Prince Charles I of Orléans (Duke of Orléans). The original house was destroyed during WWII and reconstructed after the war.
house of Orléans, Name of the cadet or junior branch of the Valois and Bourbon houses of France. Of the four dynasties of princes, Philippe I (1336–75) died without an heir. Descendants of the second dynasty , headed by Louis I (1372–1407), held the title until 1545.
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Louis d'Orléans (1703 - 1752) His son loved the Saint-Cloud residence, where he lived with his wife Auguste Marie Jeanne de Bade until her untimely death. He had the Grande Cascade repaired, crowned by a new stone group, La Jonction de la Seine et de la Marne, by Lambert Sigisbert Adam, the king's sculptor. Widowed, Louis d'Orléans retired to ...
The 4th House of Orléans (French : Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans ( French: Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. The ...
