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Orléans married (March 1661) his cousin Henrietta, sister of King Charles II of England, but he soon avoided her and became involved in a succession of homosexual relationships. Marriage with Princess Palatine Elizabeth CharlotteMarriage with Princess Palatine Elizabeth CharlotteLane, William Coolidge. The Chevalier de Lorraine was in Italy, but returned in spring 1672. Biography. Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans was the younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria. Philippe was a patron of musicians such as Upon the death of Mademoiselle in 1693, Philippe acquired the dukedoms of Montpensier, Châtellerault, Saint-Fargeau and Beaupréau. In 1792, during the French Revolution, he changed his name to Philippe Égalité. In 1661, Philippe also received the dukedoms of Valois and Chartres. He also became prince of In 1701, Chartres was denied a position on the front in the Philippe angrily returned to Saint Cloud early the same evening to dine with his son. Marshal Luxembourg surprised the Dutch with a cavalry attack that practically destroyed three battalions and routed William's army. In all, casualties on both sides amounted to 4,200 dead and 7,000 wounded. Pregnant later that year, Elizabeth Charlotte gave birth to a son in June 1673 who was named Alexandre Louis and given the title Duke of Valois. Their mother Queen Anne revoked the late king's will to arrange for a power-sharing agreement with The child Philippe was acknowledged to be attractive and intelligent. He was one of two children; his younger sister Louise Marie d'Orléans died at Saint-Cloud in 1728 aged a year and eight months. He actively supported the Revolution of 1789, and was a strong advocate for the elimination of the present absolute monarchy in favor of a constitutional monarchy. Philippe was hailed for his skill as a military commander, much to the annoyance of his brother, the king.From the time of the victory at Cassel until the 1690s, Philippe mainly concentrated his energies on the expansion of his estates, personal fortune, and art collection, including the renovation of his residences, the Palais Royal and the Following Lepautre's death in 1679, work on Saint Cloud was continued by his executive assistant Minor improvements at the Palais Royal began in 1661 at the time of Philippe's marriage to Henrietta, but the property was part of the crown holdings, and had not been used officially for years.Philippe not only enjoyed architecture and court society, but also music and dancing; he was in fact famed for his exceptional dancing abilities. Louis Philippe d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles on 12 May 1725. The Duchess of Montpensier dubbed him the "prettiest child in the world",In the autumn of 1647, at age seven, Philippe caught When Philippe was eight, the civil war known as the When Philippe's uncle Gaston died in February 1660, the In order to discourage the type of tempestuous relationship that had developed between During his childhood, Queen Anne was observed to address Philippe by such nicknames as "my little girl" and encouraged him to dress in feminine clothing even as a young man – a habit he would retain all his life.Even once married, he reportedly carried on open romantic affairs with German nobles, with no regard to either of his two wives.Henrietta's flirting with the king started early in the summer of 1661 while the newlyweds were staying at the The couple moved from the Tuileries in early 1662 to the In 1665, the comte de Guiche was exiled from the court with Philippe reporting to Queen Anne that Henrietta had had private interviews with the dashing nobleman.In January 1670, Henrietta prevailed upon the king to imprison the The couple had their last child in August 1669, a daughter who was baptised Henrietta is best known to political historians in France for her part in negotiating the Henrietta was mourned greatly at the court of France, but little by her husband, due to their strained relationship. Published 1906, B. Franklin. Philippe collapsed onto his son after suffering a fatal Elizabeth Charlotte, worried that she would be put in a convent (a stipulation of her wedding contract in the event of Philippe's death)The widowed Elizabeth Charlotte continued to write frequently to her daughter, stepdaughter, and the Philippe has been portrayed in various modern media: Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660. This caused her father-in-law to refuse to recognise the legitimacy of his grandchildren.Because he knew that Louise Henriette was having affairs during her marriage and felt that Louis Philippe was physically incapable of having children, Louise Henriette's father-in-law refused to acknowledge any of her children as legitimate.Upon the death of his father in Paris on 4 August 1752, Louis Philippe became After the death of Louise Henriette on 9 February 1759 at the In 1769, Louis Philippe sold Bagnolet and bought the It was the King Louis XV who opposed this marriage on the pretence that the princess was too old for the young In spite of his liaison with Étiennette, Louis Philippe had several other mistresses until he met, in July 1766, Louis XV had added to the appanage of the House of Orléans the In 1773, Orléans added to his residences a magnificent hôtel built at In Sainte-Assise, Le Raincy and Paris, the couple received nobles, intellectuals, playwrights, scientists, such as the Duchess of Lauzun, the Countess of Egmont, the Marquis of Lusignan, the Marquis of Osmond, the mathematician Surrounded by all the members of his immediate family, even his three children by Etiennette Le Marquis, Louis-Philippe died on 18 November 1785, at Sainte-Assise at the age of sixty.Military achievements and succession as Duke of OrléansMilitary achievements and succession as Duke of OrléansAmbrose.