duc d’Orléans

French royal title

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The duc d'Orléans was a French royal title held by the junior branch of the Valois and Bourbon houses. Several individuals bore this title, representing different dynasties. Notable holders include Louis I, who initiated a power struggle with the dukes of Burgundy in the 15th century. Gaston, duke d'Orléans, was a prince involved in conspiracies against royal authority during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Later, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d'Orléans, and his son Louis-Philippe, who became King of France, were prominent figures. The title continued through various lines, with Louis-Philippe-Robert, duc d'Orléans, being a pretender to the French throne in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.1234

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house of Bourbon
Solidarity and discord
…of the collateral line of Orléans. Odious enough already because Louis-Philippe’s father, the self-styled Philippe Égalité, had voted in 1793 for the death sentence on Louis XVI, the house of Orléans became, by the usurpation of 1830, so much more odious to the Legitimists that some of the latter, when…
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…of the collateral line of Orléans. Odious enough already because Louis-Philippe’s father, the self-styled Philippe Égalité, had voted in 1793 for the death sentence on Louis XVI, the house of Orléans became, by the usurpation of 1830, so much more odious to the Legitimists that some of the latter, when…
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Arthur, constable de Richemont
Early career.
…feud between the houses of Orlēans and Burgundy—branches of the Valois dynasty—Richemont fought on the side of the former faction, shortly to be renamed Armagnac. During this same period, Arthur also became the intimate friend and partisan of the dauphin Louis, son of the French king Charles VI.
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…feud between the houses of Orlēans and Burgundy—branches of the Valois dynasty—Richemont fought on the side of the former faction, shortly to be renamed Armagnac. During this same period, Arthur also became the intimate friend and partisan of the dauphin Louis, son of the French king Charles VI.
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