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Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans

Versailles, 4 Aug 1703 – Abbey of St Genevieve, 4 Feb 1752

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 Aug 1703, Versaillesnot verified1 source
  • Titlegovernor of Brittanyor Grand Master of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1720–1752not verified1 source
  • TitleGrand Master of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1720–1752or governor of Brittanynot verified1 source
  • Died4 Feb 1752, Abbey of St Genevievenot verified1 source
  • MotherFrançoise Marie de Bourbonnot verified1 source
  • FatherPhilippe II, Duke of Orléansnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 Aug 1703

    Born in Versailles

  2. 1720–1752

    Grand Master of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem

  3. 1725–1726

    2 children are born

  4. 4 Feb 1752

    Dies in Abbey of St Genevieve, aged 48

Family

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Children · 2

During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Versailles.

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The 1700s · Louis is born in Versailles

In the news1709–1710

The Great Winter of 1709

The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

Getting around

Regulated river transport fares

For river travel, fares were strictly regulated and often posted on metal plates attached to the masts of the boats to prevent overcharging.

At the table

Famine food made of fern

During the 1709 famine, bread became so expensive that people made desperate loaves out of fern, which turned their skin yellow and left them too weak to stand.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Aprons as Occupational Markers

On working days, both men and women typically wore aprons, which often became stained by their specific occupations, such as printing or butchery.

Music

Teaching Dance via Written Notation

Dance masters used specialized choreographic notation created by Raoul Auger Feuillet to distribute and teach new dance steps between Paris and the provinces. By 1721, collections contained dozens of dances composed by masters like Pécour and Balon for the French court.

Daily life

Limited and irregular primary education

Primary schooling was rare, especially for girls, and often conducted irregularly by the local priest or his vicar. Education was limited to the basics of reading, writing, and the catechism.