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Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)

Louis
Duke of Orléans
First Prince of the Blood
Louis d'Orléans by Alexis Simon Belle, held at Rastatt.jpg
Louis by Alexis Simon Belle held at the Schloss Rastatt
Born (1703-08-04)4 August 1703
Palace of Versailles, France
Died 4 February 1752(1752-02-04) (aged 48)
Abbaye de Sainte Geneviève, Paris, France
Burial Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France
Spouse Johanna of Baden-Baden
Issue
Detail
Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Louise Marie, Mademoiselle
Full name
Louis d'Orléans
House House of Orléans
Father Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Mother Françoise Marie de Bourbon
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature Louis's signature
Full name
Louis d'Orléans
Royal styles of
Louis, Duke of Orléans
Blason duche fr Orleans (moderne).svg
Reference style His Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Monseigneur

Louis, Duke of Orléans (4 August 1703 – 4 February 1752) was a member of the royal family of France, the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death, he became the First Prince of the Blood (Premier Prince du Sang). Known as Louis le Pieux and also as Louis le Génovéfain, Louis was a pious, charitable and cultured prince, who took very little part in the politics of the time.

Louis d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles in 1703 to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his wife, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan.

The only son of eight children, his siblings were:

At his birth, he was given the courtesy title of Duke of Chartres as the heir to the Orléans fortune and titles. His maternal grandfather, the king, in addition gave him the pension reserved for the First Prince of the Blood, a rank he was not yet eligible to hold.

He was brought up by his mother and his grandmother, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, and tutored by Nicolas-Hubert Mongault, the illegitimate son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Saint-Pouange, a cousin of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister. He was very close to his mother, the two remaining close till her death in 1749.

Louis was very close to his younger sister Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, who was to become Queen of Spain for seven months in 1724. He was not, however, close to his older sister, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, the wife of Francesco d'Este, Duke of Modena. They were in frequent conflict during her many return visits to the French court from Modena.


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