Louis Philippe, Duke o Orléans
| Louis Philippe d'Orléans | |||||
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| Duke o Orléans | |||||
 Louis Philippe bi Welper. | |||||
| Born | 12 Mey 1725 Palace o Versailles, Fraunce | ||||
| Dee'd | 18 November 1785 (aged 60) Château de Sainte-Assise, Seine-Port, Fraunce | ||||
| Buirial | Val-de-Grâce, Paris, Fraunce | ||||
| Spouse | Louise Henriette de Bourbon Madame de Montesson | ||||
| Issue | Philippe, Duke o Orléans Bathilde, Duchess o Bourbon | ||||
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| Hoose | Hoose o Orléans | ||||
| Faither | Louis d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans | ||||
| Mither | Auguste o Baden-Baden | ||||
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Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans (12 Mey 1725 – 18 November 1785) wis Duke o Orléans an a great-grandson o Keeng Louis XIV o Fraunce, as well as the grandfather o Keeng Louis Philippe I o the French. He sold the Château de Saint Cloud tae Queen Marie Antoinette in 1785.
Early life[eedit | eedit soorce]
Louis Philippe d'Orléans wis born at the Palace o Versailles. He wis the eldest son an hier o the Duke o Orléans he wis gien the title Duke o Chartres at birth. He wis a member o the Hoose o Orléans, itself descended frae the ruling Bourbons o Fraunce. As a throu his faither Louis d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans, he wis an aa a grandson o the Keeng Louis XIV o Fraunce. Louis Philippe's faither haed the rank o a Prince o the bluid at court as did Louis Philippe. This entitled them tae the style o address o "Serene Highness".
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 17 December 1743 at Ryal Chaipel o the Pailace o Versailles the young Duke o Chartres mairit Louise Henriette de Bourbon (hersel a distant cousin, kent as "Mademoiselle de Conti" Houiver efter a few months o a passion that surprised everyone at coort, the couple stairtit tae drift apart as the young Duchess o Chartres began tae lead a scandalous life. The couple did hae three childer thegither. Louise Henriette eventually died in 1759 an Louis Philippe wad eventually tak a mistress in the form o Étiennette Le Marquis, wi whom he'd hae three illegitimate childer wi. In spite o his liaison wi Étiennette, Louis Philippe haed several ither mistresses until he met, in Julie 1766, Madame de Montesson, a witty but mairit twenty-aicht year auld. Efter the daith o the Marquis o Montesson.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- A dochter (13 Julie 1745 – 14 December 1745).
- Philippe d'Orléans (13 Aprile 1747, – 6 November 1793) mairit Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon an haed issue.
- Bathilde d'Orléans (9 Julie 1750 – 10 Januar 1822) mairit Louis Henri, Prince o Condé an haed issue.
Seicont mairiage an later life[eedit | eedit soorce]
Louis Philippe tried tae obtain Keeng Louis XV's authorisation tae mairy the young widow. Finally, in December 1772, the King gae his consent on the condeetion that the Marquise o Montesson wad never acome Duchess o Orléans or succeed tae ony ither Orléans titles. In addition, the couple wis tae live a quiet life away frae the cort. The morganatic wedding teuk place on 23 Aprile 1773.
Louis Philippe wad die at the Château de Sainte-Assise à Seine-Port, Fraunce in November 1785 aged 60. He wis surroondit bi his childer. He wis buried in the Convent o Val-de-Grâce, Paris
Teetles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 12 Mey 1725 – 4 August 1752 His Serene Maist Highness The Duke o Chartres, Prince o the bluid.
- 4 August 1752 – 18 November 1785 His Maist Serene Highness The Duke o Orléans, Prince o the bluid.
Ither wabsteids[eedit | eedit soorce]
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