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See also: - ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
ORLEANS, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
PHILIP II ., DI= of (1674-1723), See also:regent of See also:France, son of Philip I., See also:duke of Orleans, and his second wife, the princess See also:palatine, was See also:born on the 2nd of See also:August 1674, and had his first experience of arms at the See also:siege of See also:Mons in 1691. His See also:marriage with Mlle de See also:Blois, the legitimized daughter of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., won him the favour of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king. He fought with distinction at Steinkerk, See also:Neerwinden and See also:Namur (1692–1695). During the next few years, being without employment, he studied natural See also:science. He was next given a command in See also:Italy (1706) and in See also:Spain (1707–1708) where he gained some important successes, but he cherished lofty ambitions and was suspected of wishing to take the See also:place of Philip V. on the See also:throne of Spain. Louis XIV. was angry at these pretensions, and for a See also:long See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time held him in disfavour. In his will, however, he appointed him See also:president of the See also:council of regency of the See also:young King Louis XV. (1715). After the See also:death of the king, the duke of Orleans went to the See also:parlement, had the will annulled, and himself invested with See also:absolute See also:power. At first he made a See also:good use of this, counselling See also:economy, decreasing See also:taxation, disbanding 25,000 soldiers and restoring See also:liberty to the persecuted Jansenists. But the inquisitorial See also:measures which he had begun against the financiers led to disturbances. He was, moreover, weak enough to countenancethe risky operations of the banker See also:John See also:Law (1717), whose See also:bankruptcy, led to such a disastrous crisis in the public and private affairs of France.
There existed a party of malcontents who wished to See also: transfer the regency from Orleans to Philip V., king of Spain. A See also:conspiracy was formed, under the See also:inspiration of See also:Cardinal See also:Alberoni, first See also:minister of Spain, and directed by the See also:prince of Cellamare, See also:Spanish See also:ambassador in France, with the complicity of the duke and duchess of See also:Maine; but in 1718 it was discovered and defeated. See also:Dubois, formerly See also:tutor to the duke of Orleans, and now his all-powerful minister, caused See also:war to be declared against Spain, with the support of the See also:emperor, and of See also:England and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland (Quadruple See also:Alliance). After some successes of the See also:French See also:marshal, the duke of See also:Berwick, in Spain, and of the imperial troops in See also:Sicily, Philip V. made See also:peace with the regent (1720).
On the See also:majority of the king, which was declared on the 15th of See also:February 1723, the duke of Orleans resigned the supreme power; but he became first minister to the king, and remained in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office till his death on the 23rd of See also:December 1723. The regent had See also:great qualities, both brilliant and solid, which were unfortunately spoilt by an excessive See also:taste for See also:pleasure. His dissolute See also:manners found only too many imitators, and the regency was one of the most corrupt periods in French See also:history.
See J. B. H. R. See also:Capefigue, Histoire de Philippe d'Orleans, regent de France (2 vols., See also:Paris, 1838) ; A. See also: Baudrillart, Philippe V. et la tour de France, vol. ii. (Paris, 189o) ; and L. Wiesener, Le regent, l'See also:abbe Dubois et See also:les Anglais (3 vols., Paris, 1891-1899). (M.
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