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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

1674 - 1723

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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred to in French as le Régent. He was the son of Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, and Madame Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans has received more than 1,535,131 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans is the 58th most popular nobleman (down from 48th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from France (down from 310th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Nobleman.

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, was a member of the House of Valois and the son of King Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. He was the first of the House of Valois to become King of France, succeeding his cousin Charles VIII in 1498. He was also the first French monarch to use the title "King of France" as opposed to "King of France and Navarre".

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 58 out of 842Before him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Henrietta of England, Raynald of Châtillon, Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and Robert Guiscard. After him are Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, Charles, Count of Valois, Lady Jane Grey, Jeanne d'Albret, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 1After him are Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Jethro Tull, Reinhard Keiser, Jeremiah Clarke, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Isaac Watts, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Among people deceased in 1723, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 2Before him is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. After him are Christopher Wren, Dimitrie Cantemir, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Godfrey Kneller, Praskovia Saltykova, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Zanabazar, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 336 out of 6,011Before him are Olivier Messiaen (1908), Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), François Couperin (1668), Robert Guiscard (1016), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), and Mireille Mathieu (1946). After him are Diane de Poitiers (1499), Jean Renoir (1894), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Elisabeth of France (1602), Raymond Poincaré (1860), and Charles, Count of Valois (1270).

Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 11Before him are Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Pope Leo IX (1002), Margaret of Valois (1553), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), and Robert Guiscard (1016). After him are Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Philip the Bold (1342), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), and William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071).