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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

1747 - 1793

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Louis Philippe Joseph; 13 April 1747 – 6 November 1793), was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French Revolution. Louis Philippe II was born at the Château de Saint-Cloud to Louis Philippe I, Duke of Chartres, and his wife, Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti. He was titled Duke of Montpensier at birth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans has received more than 1,274,132 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans is the 1,450th most popular politician (down from 1,305th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from France (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular French Politician.

In 1830, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, became King of the French following the July Revolution. He was the first king of the House of Orléans, and his reign lasted until 1848 when he was overthrown during the February Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 1,450 out of 19,576Before him are Neoptolemus, Childebert I, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, Quintillus, Athaulf, and Edmund I. After him are John II of Portugal, James V of Scotland, Ismail Haniyeh, Ziying, Alexios I of Trebizond, and Carlos I of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 2Before him is Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Abraham-Louis Breguet, Roger Ducos, Vivant Denon, Johann Elert Bode, Rose Bertin, Gottfried August Bürger, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Leopold Koželuch, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1793, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 8Before him are Louis XVI of France, Madame du Barry, Jean-Paul Marat, Carlo Goldoni, Olympe de Gouges, and Charlotte Corday. After him are Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Madame Roland, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Jean Sylvain Bailly, and Alexander Roslin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 523 out of 6,770Before him are André Maurois (1885), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Childebert I (497), and Roger I of Sicily (1031). After him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Victor Grignard (1871), Allan Kardec (1804), Richard Clayderman (1953), Charles Richet (1850), and Hilary of Poitiers (315).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 127Before him are Aristide Briand (1862), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Carloman I (751), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), and Childebert I (497). After him are Avitus (395), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), Theuderic I (485), Lothair of France (941), Yolande de Polastron (1749), and Bernard Tapie (1943).