Princes of Orléans


This is a list of Princes of Orléans, male line descendants of the House of Orléans, headed by the Duke of Orléans. The present House of Orléans was founded by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans known as Monsieur and the only sibling of Louis XIV of France.
The children of Philippe de France held the rank of Grandchildren of France, being male line descendants of Louis XIII of France, the father of Louis XIV and Monsieur. This allowed that group of people the style of Royal Highness, this was from the reign of Louis XIII.
After 1723, member of the House of Orléans took the style of Serene Highness and thus ranked as Princes of the Blood. At the French court, these Princes outranked their cousins the Prince of Condé and the Princes of Conti, older branches of the House of Bourbon which ruled France from 1589 beginning with Henry IV till the end of the Revolution during the reign of Louis XVI.
The title Prince of Orléans, though not a de facto style has generally been restricted to the following persons:
The following male was the son of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the only surviving brother of Louis XIII. Gaston was created the Duke of Orléans at his first marriage in 1626 to the heiress Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier; Marie died in childbirth while Gaston again married again in 1632 to Marguerite de Lorraine.
NameBirthDeathImageNotes
Jean Gaston, Duke of Valois17 August 165010 August 1652Only son of Gaston and Marguerite; known as the Duke of Valois till his death aged.

Princes of Orléans (1664–1850)

NameBirthDeathImageNotes
Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois16 July 16648 December 1666died in infancy;
Alexandre Louis, Duke of Valois2 June 167316 March 1676son of Monsieur and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate; died in infancy;
Philippe Charles, Duke of Orléans
le Régent		2 August 16742 December 1723son of Monsieur and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate; served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723 in the Régence;
Louis, Duke of Orléans4 August 17034 February 1752son of Philippe Charles, Duke of Orléans and Françoise-Marie de Bourbon;
Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans12 May 172518 November 1785son of Louis, Duke of Orléans and Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden;
Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orléans13 April 17476 November 1793son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans and Louise Henriette de Bourbon; known as Philippe Égalité;
Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans
King of the French		6 October 177326 August 1850son of Louis Philippe Joseph and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon;
Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier3 July 177518 May 1807son of Louis Philippe Joseph and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon;
Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais7 October 177930 May 1808son of Louis Philippe Joseph and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon;