Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans (May 12, 1725 - November 18, 1785), son of Louis, duke of Orléans, was born at Versailles, and was known as the duke of Chartres until his father's death in 1752. Duke of Orléans is one of the most important titles in the French peerage, dating back at least to the 14th century. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...

Serving with the French armies he distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1742, 1743 and 1744, and at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745, retiring to Bagnolet in 1757, and occupying his time with theatrical performances and the society of men of letters. He died at St Assise. The Battle of Fontenoy was fought at Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands on May 11, 1745, during the French forces under Hermann Maurice, Count de Saxe (the Maréchal of Saxe, an illegitimate son of King Frederick Augustus I of Poland) were besieging Tournay. ... Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The duke married Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti (1726-1759), who bore him a son Philip (Égalité), duke of Orléans, and a daughter Bathilde (1750-1822), who married the Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé the last duke of Bourbon. His second wife, Charlotte Jeanne Béraud de la Haye Madame de Montesson, whom he married secretly in 1773, was a clever woman and an authoress of some repute. He had two natural sons, known as the abbot of St Far and the abbot of St Albin. Louis-Philippe-Joseph dOrléans, by Antoine-François Callet. ... Duke of Orléans is one of the most important titles in the French peerage, dating back at least to the 14th century. ... Louis Henry II of Bourbon or Louis VI (April 13, 1756 ? August 30, 1830) was Prince of Condé from 1818 to his death. ...

See L'Automne d'un prince, a collection of letters from the duke to his second wife, edited by J Hermand (1910).

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