9 mar 2023 · Louis I, duke d’Orléans, (born March 13, 1372, Paris—died Nov. 23, 1407, Paris), younger brother of King Charles VI and first in the second dynasty of dukes of Orléans. He initiated the power struggle with the dukes of Burgundy that became the dominating factor in 15th-century France.
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Louis was born in the Palace of Versailles, the eldest son of the young 21-year-old Dauphin, Louis, who would later be called le Grand Dauphin, and his wife, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria. His father was the eldest son of King Louis XIV of France, by then at the height of his powers at age 44. At birth, he received the title of Duke of Burgundy (d...
At the age of 15, he was married to his second cousin, Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, the daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and Anne Marie d'Orléans. This match had been decided as part of the Treaty of Turin, which ended Franco-Savoyard conflicts during the Nine Years' War. The wedding took place on 7 December 1697 at the Palace of V...
In 1702, at the age of twenty, Louis was admitted by his grandfather King Louis XIV to the Conseil d'en haut(High Council), which was in charge of state secrets regarding religion, diplomacy and war. His father had been admitted only at the age of thirty. In 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Louis was given command of the army in Flan...
Louis became Dauphin of France upon the death of his father in 1711. In February 1712, his wife contracted measles and died on February 12. Louis himself, who dearly loved his wife and who had stayed by her side throughout the fatal illness, caught the disease and died six days after her at the Château de Marly on 18 February, aged 29. Both of his ...
Louis, Duke of Brittany (25 June 1704 – 13 April 1705) died of convulsions;:179–180Louis, Duke of Brittany (8 January 1707 – 8 March 1712) died of measles;Louis XV of France (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774) first engaged to Mariana Victoria of Spain; married Marie Leszczyńska and had issue; died of smallpox.Erlanger, Philippe, Louis XIV, translated from the French by Stephen Cox, Praeger Publisher, New York & Washington, 1970. (First published in French by Fayard in 1965).Wolf, John B. Louis XIV(1968).Mansfield, Andrew, "The Burgundy Circle's plans to undermine Louis XIV's “absolute” state through polysynody and the high nobility", 'Intellectual History Review', Vol.27, Issue 2 (2017), pp. 223–4...25 feb 2023 · Waldrada is said to be the wife of Adrian, Comte Palatin of the family Agilofings and brother of Hildegarde (wife to Charlemagne). This assumption is made by Maurice Chaume from his study of the family of Gerald d'Aurillac. Gerald is related to Hildwyn, Abbe de St-Denis, as a brother of Geraud (Gerald) and Bernaud.
12 mar 2023 · It was one of the bigger royal weddings of the year, the wedding of Prince François d’Orléans and Theresa von Einsiedel at the Basilika St. Jakob in Straubing, Germany, on Saturday, 26 July 2014. The groom was born on 10 February 1982 in Madrid, Spain, as youngest of four children of Prince Michel of France, count of Evreux (born ...
3 mar 2023 · Le prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans célèbre ses 50 ans ce vendredi 3 mars. Au cours de sa vie, il n'a épousé qu'une seule femme : Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo.
3 giorni fa · Orléans possède un climat de type océanique dégradé, similaire à une large partie du centre du pays. Le record de chaleur est de 41,3 °C, relevé le 25 juillet 2019. À l'inverse, la température la plus froide jamais enregistrée est −19,8 °C le 25 janvier 1940.
13 mar 2023 · Philippe Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Valois (16 July 1664 – 8 December 1666) died in infancy. Stillborn daughter (9 July 1665). Miscarriage (1666). Miscarriage (1667). Miscarriage (1668). Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 – 26 August 1728) married Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (future king of Sardinia) and had issue. Ancestry