Who's Who: Orléans
The Bourbon Princely House of Orléans (1682-1789)
Who was the Duc d’Orléans?
In the period of Louis XIV’s permanent residence at Versailles from 1682, the Duc d’Orléans was first his only brother, and then his only nephew. In the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, the Duc d’Orléans was the monarch’s increasingly distant cousin, ranking as premier prince du sang and enjoying the style of Most Serene Highn…
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