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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

1725 - 1785

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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (12 May 1725 – 18 November 1785), known as le Gros (the Fat), was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of Philippe Égalité. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans has received more than 427,749 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans is the 2,422nd most popular politician (down from 2,033rd in 2019), the 822nd most popular biography from France (down from 706th in 2019) and the 184th most popular French Politician.

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, is most famous for being the last king of France. He became king in 1830 when Charles X was overthrown. He was overthrown in 1848 and replaced by Louis Napoleon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 2,422 out of 19,576Before him are Mircea I of Wallachia, Juba I of Numidia, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Omar al-Bashir, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Zhao Gao. After him are José Ramos-Horta, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Burebista, Duke of Zhou, Armah, and Bindusara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 5Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Abdul Hamid I, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. After him are Robert Clive, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Ahilyabai Holkar, Henry Benedict Stuart, and Pyotr Rumyantsev. Among people deceased in 1785, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 3Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, and Baldassare Galuppi. After him are Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Pietro Longhi, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 822 out of 6,770Before him are Robert Guérin (1876), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Robert of Molesme (1024), and Didier Deschamps (1968). After him are Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Félix Guattari (1930), Louis the Blind (880), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Paul Landowski (1875), and Magnentius (303).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 184Before him are Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Jules Grévy (1807), Gaston Doumergue (1863), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Inessa Armand (1874), and Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766). After him are Louis the Blind (880), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Magnentius (303), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), and Mary of Guise (1515).