Orléanais
| Duchy of Orléans Duché d'Orléanais | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1498–1791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Orléanais within France (1789 borders) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Orléans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym | Orléanois | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| • Type | Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| King of France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1498–1515 | Louis XII | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1774–1791 | Louis XVI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Orléanais | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1498–1504 | Guillaume de Montmorency | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1784–1791 | Aymery Louis Roger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1498 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Province dissolved | 1791 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Duchy of Orléanais (French pronunciation: [ɔʁleanɛ]) is a former province of France, which was created during the Renaissance by merging four former counties and towns. However after the French Revolution, the province was dissolved in 1791 and succeeded by five départments (less some communes to others).