Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Orleans ( August 4, 1703 , Versailles - February 4, 1752 , Abbey of St. Genevieve , Paris ) was the third in the line of the Dukes of Orleans , coming from Philip I , the younger brother of Louis XIV .
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Biography
The only son of Duke Philip II of Orleans (regent of France in 1715-1723) and his wife, Mademoiselle de Blois , illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan . In 1723-1729, heir to King Louis XV (from the death of his father until the birth of the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand ). Unlike his father, he was deeply religious and was not interested in politics. In 1721-1730 he was formally commander of the infantry, then resigned and began to translate the psalms and epistles of the Apostle Paul .
In the history of art, Louis is known for the fact that under the influence of the speeches of his confessor, he personally destroyed the masterpiece of Correggio's “ Leda and the Swan ” [4] . Orleans Street (rue d'Orléans) in Rennes is named after him.
Family
Peter I hoped to catch his daughter Elizabeth for him, but the ambassador was informed that the prince “had already accepted other obligations” [5] . His chosen one was Augusta , daughter of the Baden Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm [6] . She died in her youth (1704-1726), leaving her only son, Louis Philippe , Duke of Chartres, who then became the next Duke of Orleans.
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage
- ↑ Antonio Allegri Da Correggio from the German of Dr. Julius Meyer ... - Julius Meyer - Google Books
- ↑ K. Valishevsky . Daughter of Peter the Great (1902).
- ↑ The potential heiress of King Gustav I Vasa through his daughter Cecilia , through her son Edward Fortunatus, who was Augusta's great-great-grandfather.