Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
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| Duke of Nemours | |||||
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| Born |
25 October 1814 Palais Royal, Paris, France |
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| Died | 26 June 1896 (aged 81) Versailles, France |
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| Burial | Chapelle royale de Dreux | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Issue Detail |
Gaston, Count of Eu Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon Marguerite Adélaïde, Princess Czartoryska Princess Blanche |
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Louis Philippe I | ||||
| Mother | Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël d'Orléans |
Prince Louis of Orleans, Duke of Nemours (Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël d'Orléans; 25 October 1814 – 26 June 1896) was the second son of King Louis-Philippe I of France, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.
He was born at the Palais Royal, in Paris. At twelve years of age he was nominated colonel of the first regiment of chasseurs, and in 1830 he became a chevalier of the Order of the Saint Esprit and entered the Chambre des Pairs.
As early as 1825 his name was mentioned as a possible candidate for the throne of Greece, and in February 1831 he was nominated king of the Belgians, but international considerations deterred Louis-Philippe from accepting the honour for his son, who was accompanying the French army that entered Belgium to support the new kingdom in its separation from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands; there he took part in the siege of Antwerp.
He accompanied the Algerian expedition against the town of Constantine in the autumn of 1836, and in a second expedition (1837) he was entrusted with the command of a brigade and with the direction of the siege operations before Constantine. General Damrémont was killed at his side on 12 October, and the place was taken by assault on the 13th.
He sailed a third time for Algeria in 1841, and served under General Bugeaud, taking part in the expedition to revictual Médéa on 29 April, and in sharp fighting near Miliana on 3 to 5 May. In the expedition against the fortified town of Takdempt he commanded the 1st infantry division. On his return to France he became commandant of the camp of Compiègne. He had been employed on missions of courtesy to England in 1835, in 1838 and in 1845, and to Berlin and Vienna in 1836.
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