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Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (French: Louis Philippe Robert; 6 February 1869 – 28 March 1926) was the Orléanist pretender to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 as Philippe VIII. Early life
The child duke, however, died one year later, and the title passed to his recently born brother Charles, who became King of France in 1560. [5] The title passed to Charles' brother, Henry, Duke of Angoulême, who six years later exchanged the appanages of Orléans for the Dukedom of Anjou, becoming the heir in pectore of the Crown. [6]
Portraying the events of the July Revolution on 31 July 1830, it depicts the Duke of Orleans arriving at the Hôtel de Ville, the city hall of Paris to the acclaim of the city's crowds. Charles X , a cousin of Orleans, was overthrown and he and his direct heirs were driven into exile.
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans , a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon .
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He was also Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Valois (1386?–1406) Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord (1400–1407) and Soissons (1404–07). Louis was the younger brother of King Charles VI of France , and a powerful and polarizing figure in his day.