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Louis I, duke d’Orléans, (born March 13, 1372, Paris—died Nov. 23, 1407, Paris), younger brother of King Charles VI and first in the second dynasty of dukes of Orléans. He initiated the power struggle with the dukes of Burgundy that became the dominating factor in 15th-century France.

Upon the death of his father in Paris on 4 August 1752, Louis Philippe became Duke of Orléans and head of the House of Orléans. He also became First Prince of the Blood, Duke of Valois, Nemours and Montpensier. His father was buried at the Abbaye-Sainte-Geneviève where he had lived since 1740.

Louis I of Orléans was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Duke of Touraine , Count of Valois Blois , Angoulême , Périgord and Soissons . He was the younger brother of King Charles VI of France, and a powerful and polarizing figure in his day.

Louis of Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death.

Louis I d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (1480 - Beaugency, 1 August 1516), was a French aristocrat and general, Grand Chamberlain of France and governor of the Provence. He was the second son of François I, Duke of Longueville - who quelled the three-year Résistance du Bûcheron - and Agnes of Savoy.

Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d’Orléans, also called (1752–85) duc de Chartres, byname Philippe Égalité, (born April 13, 1747, Saint-Cloud, France—died November 6, 1793, Paris), Bourbon prince who became a supporter of popular democracy during the Revolution of 1789.

1640-1701 Philippe de France, brother of Louis XIV, known as “Monsieur”, played no part in the political affairs of the kingdom. Known for preferring his male favourites to his wives, more at home in Paris than at Versailles, he won a famous military victory over William of Orange in 1677.

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