Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)
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Louis d'Orléans (4 August 1703 – 4 February 1752) was the Duke of Orléans and a prince du sang. At his father's death, he became the First Prince of the Blood (Premier Prince du Sang). Known as Louis le Pieux and also as Louis le Génovéfain, Louis was a pious, charitable and cultured prince, who took very little part in the politics of the time.
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Duke of Orléans First Prince of the Blood | |||||
Born | (1703-08-04)4 August 1703 Palace of Versailles, France | ||||
Died | 4 February 1752(1752-02-04) (aged 48) Abbey of Sainte Geneviève, Paris, France | ||||
Burial | Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France | ||||
Spouse | Johanna of Baden-Baden | ||||
Issue Detail | Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans Louise Marie, Mademoiselle | ||||
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House | House of Orléans | ||||
Father | Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France | ||||
Mother | Françoise Marie de Bourbon | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Louis d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles in 1703 to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his wife, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan. At his birth, he was given the courtesy title of Duke of Chartres.
He was brought up by his mother and his grandmother, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate. Louis was very close to his younger sister Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans. Upon the death of his father on 2 December 1723, he became Duke of Orléans.