Philippe Égalité
Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Prince o the French bluid ryal (13 Apryle 1747 – 6 November 1793) commonly kent as Philippe d'Orléans, wis a member o the Hoose o Orléans. He actively supported the French Revolution and adoptit the name Philippe Égalité, but wis still guillotined during the Reign o Terror in the French Revolution. His son Louis Philippe I became King o the French efter the July Revolution o 1830. He held the rank o prince o the bluid. He haed a short affair wi Madame de Genlis, a lady-in-waiting o his wife. He also owned an redesigned the Parc Monceau in Paris.
| Philippe d'Orléans | |||||
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| Duke o Orléans | |||||
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| Born | 13 Apryle 1747 Château de Saint Cloud, Fraunce | ||||
| Dee'd | 6 November 1793 (aged 46) Place de la Révolution, Paris | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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Small biographyEedit
Born ootside Paris at the Château de Saint Cloud, he wis gien the teetle o Duke o Montpensier at birth. He haed the rank o a Prince du sang (prince o the blood) at the French ryal coort which allowed the uise o Serene Highness in documents. Eventually he wis engaged tae a distant cousin Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Penthièvre, then the greatest heiress in Fraunce an the twa war mairit in the Ryal Chaipel o the Palace o Versailles on 5 Aprile 1769.
IssueEedit
- Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Keeng o the French (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) mairit Princess Maria Amalia o Naples an haed issue.
- Antoine Philippe, Duke o Montpensier (3 July 1775 – 18 Mey 1807) niver mairit an haed nae kent issue.
- Adélaïde d'Orléans, later made a "'Princess o Orléans'" (23 August 1777 – 31 December 1847) niver mairit.
- Françoise d'Orléans (twin sister o Adélaïde) (1777–1782) died young.
- Louis Charles d'Orléans, Coont o Beaujolais (17 October 1779 – 30 Mey 1808) niver mairit an haed nae kent issue.
Teetles an stylesEedit
- 13 Aprile 1747 – 4 Februar 1752 His Maist Serene Highness the Duke o Montpensier, Prince du Sang (Monseigneur le duc de Montpensier)
- 4 Februar 1752 – 18 November 1785 His Maist Serene Highness the Duke o Chartres, Prince du Sang (Monseigneur le duc de Chartres)
- 18 November 1785 – 6 November 1793 His Maist Serene Highness the Duke o Orléans, Prince du Sang (Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans)
Ither wabsteidsEedit
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