Philippe Égalité
| Philippe d'Orléans | |||||
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| Duke o Orléans | |||||
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| Born | 13 Aprile 1747 Château de Saint Cloud, Fraunce |
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| Dee'd | 6 November 1793 (aged 46) Place de la Révolution, Paris |
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| Buirial | Madeleine Cemetery, Paris, Fraunce | ||||
| Spouse | Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon | ||||
| Issue | Louis Philippe I Antoine Philippe, Duke o Montpensier Adélaïde, Princess o Orléans Louis Charles, Coont o Beaujolais |
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| Hoose | Hoose o Orléans | ||||
| Faither | Louis Philippe, Duke o Orléans | ||||
| Mither | Louise Henriette de Bourbon | ||||
| Seegnatur | _at_the_baptism_of_the_Duke_of_Berry.jpg){kind=small} |
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Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans (13 April 1747 – 6 November 1793) commonly known as Philippe d'Orléans, was a member o the Hoose o Orléans. He actively supported the French Revolution and adopted the name Philippe Égalité, but was still guillotined during the Reign o Terror in the French Revolution. His son Louis Philippe I became Keeng o the French after the July Revolution of 1830. He held the rank o prince o the blood. He had a short affair with Madame de Genlis, a lady-in-waiting o his wife.
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Small biography[eedit | eedit soorce]
Born outside Paris at the Château de Saint Cloud, he wis given the title of Duke of Montpensier at birth. He had the rank o a Prince du sang (prince o the blood) at the French royal court which allowed the use of Serene Highness in documents. Eventually he was engaged to a distant cousin Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Penthièvre, then the greatest heiress in Fraunce and the two were married in the Royal Chapel o Versailles on 5 Aprile 1769.
Children[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Keeng o the French (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) married Maria Amalia o Naples and Sicily.
- Antoine Philippe, Duke o Montpensier (3 July 1775 – 18 May 1807) died unmarried.
- Adélaïde d'Orléans, later made a "'Princess o Orléans'" (23 August 1777 – 31 December 1847) died unmarried.
- Françoise d'Orléans (twin sister o Adélaïde) (1777–1782) died young.
- Louis Charles, Coont o Beaujolais (17 October 1779 – 30 May 1808) died unmarried.
Titles and styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 13 Aprile 1747 – 4 Februar 1752 His Most Serene Highness the Duke o Montpensier (Monseigneur le duc de Montpensier)
- 4 Februar 1752 – 18 November 1785 His Most Serene Highness the Duke o Chartres (Monseigneur le duc de Chartres)
- 18 November 1785 – 6 November 1793 His Most Serene Highness the Duke o Orléans (Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans)
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Media relatit tae Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans, "Philippe Égalité" at Wikimedia Commons
