Orléans, Louis, duc d'

Orléans, Louis, duc d'

▪ French duke
born Aug. 4, 1703, Versailles, Fr.
died Feb. 4, 1752, Paris

      son of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans; he became governor of Dauphiné (1719), commander of infantry (1721), and chief of the Conseil d'État. The death of his wife, Auguste-Marie-Jeanne, princess of Bade (1726), threw him into prolonged grief, and he retired to the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, devoting himself to theological studies. His name frequently appears in the memoirs of the time.

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