Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)
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| Duke of Orléans First Prince of the Blood |
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Louis by Alexis Simon Belle held at the Schloss Rastatt
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4 August 1703 Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Died | 4 February 1752 (aged 48) Abbaye de Sainte Geneviève, Paris, France |
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| Burial | Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France | ||||
| Spouse | Johanna of Baden-Baden | ||||
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Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans Louise Marie, Mademoiselle |
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| House | House of Orléans | ||||
| Father | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | ||||
| Mother | Françoise Marie de Bourbon | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Full name | |
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| Louis d'Orléans |
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Royal styles of Louis, Duke of Orléans |
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| 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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