Philip I, Duke of Orléans Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (September 21, 1640 – June 8, 1701) was the son of the Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and brother of Louis XIV of France.He was born at St Germain-en-Laye. In 1661, he was created Duke of Orléans, and married Henrietta Anne Stuart, sister of Charles II of England; but the marriage was not a happy one, and the death of the Duchess in 1670 was attributed to poison. Subsequently he married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Louis, elector palatine of the Rhine.
Having fought with distinction in Flanders in 1667, Monsieur, as Orléans was generally called, returned to military life in 1672, and in 1677 gained a great victory at Cassel and took St Omer. Louis XIV, it was said, was jealous of his brother's success; at all events Orléans never commanded an army again.
He died at Saint-Cloud.
Marriages:
On March 31 1661, he married Henrietta Anne Stuart (June 16 1644 – June 30 1670)
Children
- Marie Louise (March 27 1662 – 1689), wife of Charles II of Spain. She died before her father.
- Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois (July 16 1664 – 1666)
- daughter (born July 9 1665)
- Anne Marie (August 27 1669 – 1728), first wife of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, whom she married in 1679
Children
- Alexander Ludwig (born June 2 1673)
- Philip, the regent Orléans (August 2 1674 – 1723)
- Elizabeth Charlotte (September 13 1676 – 1744), wife of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
- their son became Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708 – 1765) — father of Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793)
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