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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORLEANS, See also:PHILIP I ., See also:DUKE OF (1640-1701), son of the See also:French See also:king See also:Louis XIII., was See also:born at St Germain-en-Laye on the 21st of See also:September 164o. In 1661 he.was created duke of Orleans, and married Henrietta, See also:sister of See also:Charles II. of See also:England; but the See also:marriage was not a happy one, and the See also:death of the duchess in 1670 was attributed to See also:poison. Subsequently he married See also:Charlotte See also:Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Louis, elector See also:palatine of the See also:Rhine. Having fought with distinction in See also:Flanders in 1667, See also:Monsieur, as Orleans was generally called, returned to military See also:life in 1672, and in 1677 gained a See also:great victory at See also:Cassel and took St Omer. Louis XIV., it was said, was jealous of his See also:brother's success; at all events Orleans never commanded an See also:army again. He died at St See also:Cloud on the 8th of See also:June 1701, leaving a son, Philip, the See also:regent Orleans, and two daughters: See also:Anne See also:Marie (1669–1728), wife of See also:Victor Amadeus II., duke of See also:Savoy; and Elizabeth Charlotte (1676–1744), wife of See also:Leopold, duke of See also:Lorraine. His eldest daughter, Marie See also:Louise (1662–1689), wife of Charles II. of See also:Spain, died before her See also:father. (M.

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