Duke of Orleans

The title of duke of Orleans is a title of Noblesse present in the French royal family since 1344. It was traditionally reserved for the second wire of the king. It is thus a Apanage crown. The first name Philippe was often associated under duke of Orleans.

Dukes of Orleans of the House of Valois

  • 1344 - 1375: Philippe (1336 - 1375), duke of Orleans, count de Valois and of Beaumont (- the-Roger), wire of the king Philippe VI

  • 1392 - 1407: Louis Ier (1372 - 1407), wire of the king Charles V '' Wise the ''
  • 1407 - 1465: Charles Ier (1407 - 1465), wire of the precedent
  • 1465 - 1498: Louis II (1462 - 1515), wire of the precedent. Reach the throne in 1498 under the name of Louis XII
  • 1498 - 1515: François of Valois-Angouleme, reaches the throne under the name of François Ist


  • 1549 - 1550: Louis III (1549 - 1550) wire of the king Henri II
  • 1550 - 1560: Charles III (1550 - 1574) brother of the precedent. Reach the throne in 1560 under the name of Charles IX
  • 1560 - 1574: Henri Alexandre (1551 - 1589) brother of the precedent. Previously duke of Anjou, it reaches the throne in 1574 under the name of Henri III

Dukes of Orleans of the House of Bourbon

Dukes of Orleans of the House of Orleans

  • 1701 - 1723: Philippe II of Orleans (1674 - 1723), known as “the Regent”, wire of the precedent.

  • 1723 - 1752: Louis IV of Orleans (1703 - 1752) wire of the precedent
  • 1752 - 1785: Louis-Philippe Ier of Orleans (1725 - 1785) wire of the precedent
  • 1785 - 1793: Louis Philippe Joseph of Orleans (1747 - 1793) wire of the precedent gives up its title in 1792 and takes the name of Philippe Égalité
  • 1793 - 1830: Louis-Philippe II of Orleans (1773 - 1850) wire of the precedent. Reach the capacity in 1830 under the name of Louis-Philippe Ier

Legal title

Titrate respected since Louis-Philippe according to the theories of legitimacy and the branch groin of the Bourbons (of France and Anjou) of the XIX at the 21st century

1793-1850 Louis-Philippe II, king of the French (1830-1848)

1850-1894 Louis-Philippe III, count de Paris, claiming with the throne orleanist (Monarchy of July) then claiming with the throne of France (Capétien and Bourbon)

1894-1926 Louis-Philippe IV (this title carried to its birth 1869)

1926-1940 Jean Ier, duke of Own way, claiming with the throne of France

1940-1999 Henri Ier, count de Paris, claiming with the throne of France

since 1999 Henri II, count de Paris and duke of France

Titrate Monarchie of July

Titrate courtesy

  • on a purely posthumous basis in 1960: François of Orleans (1935 - 1960) great nephew of the precedent

Legal title

Titrate respected since Louis-Philippe according to the theories of legitimacy and the branch groin of the Bourbons (of France and Anjou) of the XIX at the 21st century

1793-1850 Louis-Philippe, king of the French (1830-1848)

1850-1894 Louis-Philippe II, count de Paris, claiming with the throne orleanist (Monarchy of July) then claiming with the throne of France (Capétien and Bourbon)

1894-1926 Jean Ier, duke of Own way, claiming with the throne of France

1926-1999 Henri I, count de Paris, claiming with the throne of France

since 1999 Henri II, count de Paris and duke of France

See too

  • List of the counts d' Orléans

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