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Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

1640 - 1701

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Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660. He was also granted the dukedoms of Valois, Chartres and Nemours. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans has received more than 4,972,388 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Philippe I, Duke of Orléans is the 24th most popular nobleman (down from 19th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from France (down from 129th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Nobleman.

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, was a son of King Louis XIV and his wife, Maria Theresa of Spain. He was the younger brother of King Louis XV. He was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule as King of France.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 24 out of 842Before him are Juan Carlos I of Spain, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Harold Harefoot, Anne of Austria, Şehzade Mehmed, and Rollo. After him are Lucretia, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Ramesses I, Diana, Princess of Wales, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Edward VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 2Before him is Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Man in the Iron Mask, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, La Voisin, Pu Songling, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Philippe de La Hire, and Antoine Coysevox. Among people deceased in 1701, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 1After him are James II of England, William Kidd, Madeleine de Scudéry, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Stanislaus Papczyński.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 147 out of 6,011Before him are Louis XI of France (1423), Georges Braque (1882), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Joachim Murat (1767), François Mitterrand (1916), and Georges Seurat (1859). After him are Charles V of France (1338), Jean Bodin (1530), Christian Dior (1905), Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754), Évariste Galois (1811), and Pope Sylvester II (938).

Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 2Before him are William the Conqueror (1028). After him are Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Charles the Bold (1433), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Pope Leo IX (1002), Margaret of Valois (1553), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Robert Guiscard (1016), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), and Charles, Count of Valois (1270).