The Duke was a well-known womanizer and, like his ancestors Louis XIV of France and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, had several illegitimate children. Philippe favoured Jansenism which, despite papal condemnation, was accepted by the French bishops, and he revoked Louis XIV's compliance with the bull At first, he decreased taxation and dismissed 25,000 soldiers. His most famous mistress was arguably Marie-Thérèse de Parabère.In December 1697, the son of the Dauphin Louis de France married Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, eldest daughter of Philippe's half sister Anne Marie. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philippe-II-duc-dOrleans Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres. He fought with great distinction at the Battle of Steenkerque on 3 August 1692.

The real power would be in the hands of the duc du Maine, who was also appointed guardian of the young sovereign.On 25 August 1715, a few days before his death, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will:He sent for the Chancellor and wrote a last codicil to his will, in the presence of Mme de Maintenon. In 1692, Philippe married his first cousin, Françoise Marie de Bourbon - the youngest legitimised daughter (In March 1661, his father married his first cousin Princess Henrietta Anne of England, known as Nonetheless, the marriage produced three children: Marie Louise d'Orléans, future queen of Spain, who left France in 1679 when Philippe was just five; Philippe Charles (1664–1666), Duke of Valois; and Anne Marie d'Orléans, born at Saint-Cloud in 1669, later queen consort of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (they became the maternal grandparents of Philippe's future protégé Louis XV).Madame Henriette died at Saint-Cloud in 1670; rumors abounded that she had been poisoned by her husband or his long-term lover, the Chevalier de Lorraine; the two would remain together till the death of the Duke of Orléans in 1701.In the following year, the Duke of Orléans wed Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, only daughter of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.

Fearing a revival of the war, Louis named the duc d'Orléans joint President of a Regency Council, but one that would be packed with his enemies, reaching its decisions by a majority vote that was bound to go against him. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, or Philippe Charles, was a French royal who became the regent of the kingdom in 1715 and held that position until 1723. As the grandson of King Louis XIII of France, Philippe was a At his birth, he was titled Duke of Chartres and was formally addressed as Philippe was born fourth in line to the throne, coming after Louis, Dauphin of France, his own father, and his older brother. Philippe was born in Château de Saint-Cloud one of the royal palaces just west of Paris. The Duke was a well-known womanizer and, like several of his ancestors, such as Louis XIV and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, had several illegitimate children. The following year Chartres served at the Battle of Landen; he fought alongside the During a hiatus between military assignments, Chartres studied natural science.In the next century, Chartres would serve in the War of the Spanish Succession. The match was negotiated as part of the Treaty of Turin, which ended Franco-Savoyard conflict during the Nine Years' War. His birth occurred at Saint-Cloud, a palace belonging to his father, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of Louis XIV. The Duke of Bourbon took on the role of Prime Minister of France.On 3 December, the Duke of Orléans' body was taken to Saint-Cloud where funeral ceremonies began the following day. The young Louis XV of France would marry the three-year-old Infanta Mariana Victoria who would thus become Queen of France; the Infante Luis would marry the fourth surviving daughter of Philippe, Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans; and the Infante Charles would be engaged to the pretty Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans who was the fifth surviving daughter of Philippe. A conspiracy was formed, under the inspiration of Cardinal Alberoni, the first minister of Spain. Louis XIV died at Versailles on 1 September 1715, and was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701), was the youngest son of Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria.His older brother was Louis XIV, le roi soleil.Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660. heroic outlaw in English folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman At the time of Philippe's birth, the Palais-Royal was only occupied as a grace and favour residence of the Duke of Orléans; it was later gifted to him when Philippe married Louis XIV's illegitimate daughter Patricia M. Ranum, "Étienne Loulié (1654-1702), musicien de Mademoiselle de Guise, pédagogue et théoricien", (part 1) The previous day there had been a formal engagement party at Versailles.He had been the French ambassador in Morocco, of which he published a description, Subject of the first section of Charles Mackay's "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds", which is available from http://gutenberg.orgLouis had no children; he died aged 10 in 1795. At the time of his birth, he was created Duke of Anjou. The couple were the parents of two dauphins of France, Louis, Duke of Brittany, who died in 1712, and Louis, Duke of Anjou, the future Louis XV.In 1710, his eldest (and favourite) surviving daughter Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans married her first cousin Charles, Duke of Berry; he was a son of the Dauphin and thus outranked Philippe and his wife; this meant that Louise Élisabeth took precedence over her parents.

In the same year Chartres also served at the Siege of Namur. On 2 September, the Duke of Orléans went to meet the On 30 December 1715, the regent decided to bring the young Louis XV from the château de Vincennes to the Tuileries Palace in ParisPhilippe disapproved of the hypocrisy of Louis XIV's reign and opposed censorship, ordering the reprinting of books banned during the reign of his uncle.

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans was a French aristocrat.