Jean Philippe d'Orléans
| Jean Philippe d'Orléans | |
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| bâtard d'Orléans le chevalier d'Orléans |
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portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier
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Amable Angélique de Villars
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| Noble family | House of Orléans |
| Father | Philippe d'Orléans |
| Mother | Marie-Louise Le Bel de La Boissière |
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28 August 1702 Chilly-Mazarin, Paris, France |
| Died | 16 June 1748 (aged 45) Palais du Temple, Paris, France |
Jean Philippe, bâtard d'Orléans (28 August 1702 – 16 June 1748), called le chevalier d'Orléans or le Grand Prieur d'Orléans, was an illegitimate son of Philippe d'Orléans, nephew and son-in-law of Louis XIV.
Born at Chilly-Mazarin, a southern suburb of Paris, he was the illegitimate son of Philippe d'Orléans (future Regent of France, 1715–1723, acting for the infant Louis XV) and his mistress Marie-Louise Madeleine Victorine Le Bel de La Bussière (1684–1748), known as the comtesse d'Argenton or madame d'Argenton.
His mother, known as Mademoiselle de Séry was Lady-in-waiting to the Dowager Duchess of Orléans. She started an affair with Philippe d'Orléans, son of the Dowager Duchess. This infuriated Louis XIV, who maintained that actresses were bad enough, particularly when they gave birth to sons, but which the Duchess of Orléans did not. As well, by flaunting Séry, Philippe was insulting not only his wife but also the King, Madame d'Orléans' father. However, for the first time in his life, Philippe was seriously in love. Within a short time of their first encounter, Marie Louise was pregnant and installed in a pretty house near the Palais-Royal.
After several years the Duke was forced to give her up as, the King maintained she was endangering the Duke's daughter's prospects of marrying the Duke of Berry (1713), a grandson of Louis XIV.
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