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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (12 May 1725 – 18 November 1785), known as le Gros (the Fat), was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family.
He fled to Switzerland in 1793 after being connected with a plot to restore France's monarchy. His father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Égalité), fell under suspicion and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Louis Philippe remained in exile for 21 years until the Bourbon Restoration.
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon.
Jun 22, 2021 · Therefore, in honour of Pride weekend, I’d like to tell you the story of one of France’s most famous and fascinating LGBTQ historical figures: Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. Philippe was born on September 21st, 1640, the second son of King Louis XIII and Anne of Austria.
As the eldest child in the Orléans family at the end of the Ancien Régime and first prince of the blood, Louis Philippe, Duke of Valois, Chartres and then Orléans, succeeded his cousin Charles X to the French throne, the latter being the last reigning sovereign of the elder branch of the Bourbons.
st. Philippe de France, brother of Louis XIV, known as “Monsieur”, played no part in the political affairs of the kingdom. Known for preferring his male favourites to his wives, more at home in Paris than at Versailles, he won a famous military victory over William of Orange in 1677.
Louis-Philippe was the eldest son of Louis-Philippe Joseph de Bourbon-Orléans, duc de Chartres, and Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre. At first styled duc de Valois, he became duc de Chartres when his father inherited the title duc d’Orléans in 1785.
Philippe I, duke d’Orléans (born July 1, 1336—died Sept. 1, 1375) was the duke d’Orléans and the only member of the first dynasty of dukes of Orléans.
Louis Philippe I (1773–1850) of the house of Bourbon, was the eldest son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, known during the Revolution as Philippe-Egalité. His father supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined.
Aug 23, 2019 · Louis-Philippe d'Orléans was France's last king. He took power in 1830 after the July Revolution, but was forced to abdicate after an uprising in 1848.
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