Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

Louis Philippe I
First Prince of the Blood
Duke of Orléans
Portrait by Alexander Roslin, c. 1770
BornLouis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres
(1725-05-12)12 May 1725
Palace of Versailles, France
Died18 November 1785(1785-11-18) (aged 60)
Château de Sainte-Assise à Seine-Port, France
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(m. 1743; died 1759)
    IssueLouis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
    Bathilde, Princess of Condé
    HouseOrléans
    FatherLouis, Duke of Orléans
    MotherMargravine Johanna of Baden-Baden
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    Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (12 May 1725 18 November 1785), known as le Gros (the Fat), was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of Philippe Égalité. He greatly augmented the already huge wealth of the House of Orléans.