Duke of Orléans

The arms of the Duc d'Orleans: The French lilies Banner ( Fleur-de-Lys ) with the motif of the tournament collar (Lambel) ; more modern variant

The title Duke of Orléans ( French Duc d'Orléans ) was given by King Philip VI. who gave it, along with the surrounding area (the Orléanais ) raised to a duchy , as Paragium to his younger son Philip. Philipp died in 1375 without male descendants. 1392 awarded King Charles VI. the vacated title with the Paragium to his younger brother Ludwig . He bequeathed both to his son Karl , who was also an important poet and who in turn passed them on to his son Ludwig . When this 1498 as Ludwig XII. Became king of France, the title and duchy fell back to the crown.

In 1626, Louis XIII. the title and bestowed it on his younger brother Jean-Baptiste Gaston . After he died in 1660 without a heir, the title was given to his younger brother Philip the following year by Louis XIV . This inherited it to his son Philip II. Of Orléans (of 1715-1723 for the young Louis XV. The regency exercised) and founded a branch line of the House of Bourbon , which still considered House Orléans exists and out of, for example, Louis-Philippe of France emerged who succeeded the abdicated Charles X on the French throne in 1830 as the “citizen king” (which he in turn lost through abdication in 1848).

Two other important lines emerged from the Valois-Orléans line founded by Louis von Orléans around 1400 : his legitimate son Johann founded the line of the Counts of Angoulême , which for the first time provided a king of France with Francis I ; his legitimate illegitimate son Johann became the progenitor of the Dukes of Longueville from the House of Orléans-Longueville .

Title holder

• Philip of Valois (1336–1375), duke since 1344

From the Valois-Orléans line :

• Ludwig von Orléans (1372–1407), duke since 1392
• Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465)
• Louis XII. of France (1462-1515)
• Karl (1522–1545), Duke since 1540

From the Orléans-Bourbon line

Fourth award in 1626

• Jean-Baptiste Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), Duke since 1626

Fifth award 1661

• Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans "Monsieur" (1640–1701), Duke since 1661
• Philippe of Orléans, Duke of Orléans, “Regent of France” (1674–1723), Duke 1701–1723, Regent of France 1715–1723
• Ludwig, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752), Duke since 1723
• Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (1725–1785)
• Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, "Philippe Egalité" (1747-1793), Duke since 1787, after 1789 and Philippe Egalite called
• Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, "King of the French" 1830–1848 (1773–1850)

House of Orléans

• Prince Ferdinand Philipp of France (1810–1842), Duke since 1830

The descendants of Ferdinand are the French crown pretenders of the House of Orléans up to the present day