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Philippe II of Orléans

Philippe II
Duke of Orléans
Regent of the Kingdom
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Born (1674-08-02)2 August 1674
Château de Saint Cloud, France
Died 2 December 1723(1723-12-02) (aged 49)
Palace of Versailles, France
Burial Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, France
Spouse Françoise Marie de Bourbon
Issue Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry
Adélaïde, Abbess of Chelles
Charlotte Aglaé, Duchess Modena
Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
Élisabeth, Queen of Spain
Philippine Élisabeth, Mademoiselle de Beaujolais
Louise, Princess of Conti
Father Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Mother Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Philippe d'Orléans
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Regent of the Kingdom
In office
1 September 1715 – 15 February 1723
Monarch Louis XV
Preceded by Guillaume Dubois
As Prime Minister
Succeeded by Louis Henri de Bourbon
As Prime Minister
Royal styles of
Philippe, Duke of Orléans
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Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Monseigneur

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres. His father was Louis XIV's younger brother Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, known as Monsieur; his mother was Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.

In 1692, Philippe married his first cousin, Françoise Marie de Bourbon - the youngest legitimised daughter (légitimée de France) of Philippe's uncle Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. Named regent of France for Louis XV until Louis attained his majority in February 1723, the era of his de facto rule was known as the Regency (1715–1723). He died at Versailles in 1723.

He is referred to historically as le Régent.

In March 1661, his father married his first cousin Princess Henrietta Anne of England, known as Madame at court. The marriage was stormy; Henrietta was a famed beauty, sometimes depicted as flirtatious by those at the court of Versailles.

Nonetheless, the marriage produced three children: Marie Louise d'Orléans, future queen of Spain, who left France in 1679 when Philippe was just five; Philippe Charles (1664–1666), Duke of Valois; and Anne Marie d'Orléans, born at Saint-Cloud in 1669, later queen consort of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (they became the maternal grandparents of Philippe's future protégé Louis XV).


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