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ORLEANS, DUKES OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 282 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORLEANS, See also:DUKES OF . The See also:title of See also:duke of Orleans was first created by See also:King See also:Philip VI. in favour of his son Philip, who died without legitimate issue in 1375. The second duke of Orleans, created in 1392, was See also:Louis, a younger son of See also:Charles V., whose See also:heir was his son, the poet Charles of Orleans. Charles's son Louis, the succeeding duke, became king of See also:France as Louis XII. in 1498, when the duchy of Orleans was See also:united with the royal domain. In 1626 Louis XIII. created his See also:brother, See also:Jean See also:Baptiste Gaston, duke of Orleans, and having become See also:extinct on the See also:death of this See also:prince in 166o the title was revived in the following See also:year by Louis XIV. in favour of his brother Philip. Descendants of this duke have retained the title until the See also:present See also:day, one of them becoming king of France as Louis Philippe in 183o. Two distinguished families are descended from the first See also:house of Orleans: the See also:counts of See also:Angouleme, who were descended from See also:John, a son of Duke Louis I., and who furnished France with a king in the See also:person of See also:Francis I.; and the counts and dukes of See also:Longueville, whose founder was John, See also:count of See also:Dunois, the See also:bastard of Orleans, a natural son of the same duke. In addition to the dukes of Orleans the most important members of this See also:family are: See also:Anne See also:Marie See also:Louise, duchess of See also:Montpensier; Francis, prince of See also:Joinville; Louis Philippe See also:Albert, count of See also:Paris; and the traveller Prince See also:Henry of Orleans. See the genealogical table to the See also:article See also:BOURBON. See below for See also:separate articles on the See also:chief personages.

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