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PHILIP I ORLEANS

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHILIP I ORLEANS  ., DUKE OF (1640-1701), son of the French king Louis XIII., was born at St Germain-en-Laye on the 21st of September 164o . In 1661 he.was created duke of Orleans, and married Henrietta,
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sister of Charles II. of England; but the
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marriage was not a happy one, and the
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death of the duchess in 1670 was attributed to
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poison . Subsequently he married
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Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Louis, elector palatine of the Rhine . Having fought with distinction in Flanders in 1667, Monsieur, as Orleans was generally called, returned to military
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life in 1672, and in 1677 gained a
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great victory at Cassel and took St Omer . Louis XIV., it was said, was jealous of his
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brother's success; at all events Orleans never commanded an army again . He died at St Cloud on the 8th of
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June 1701, leaving a son, Philip, the regent Orleans, and two daughters: Anne
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Marie (1669–1728), wife of Victor Amadeus II., duke of Savoy; and Elizabeth Charlotte (1676–1744), wife of Leopold, duke of
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Lorraine . His eldest daughter, Marie Louise (1662–1689), wife of Charles II. of Spain, died before her
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father . (M .

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