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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

1725 - 1785

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans is the 3,305th most popular politician (down from 2,422nd in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from France (down from 822nd in 2019) and the 235th most popular French Politician.

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, is most famous for being the last king of France. He became king in 1830 when Charles X was overthrown. He was overthrown in 1848 and replaced by Louis Napoleon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 3,305 out of 19,576. Before him are Shallum of Israel, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergio Osmeña, Aybak, Yahya Sinwar, and Francisco Macías Nguema. After him are Pujie, Chen Duxiu, Ka, Ramsay MacDonald, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, and Huneric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 6. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Abdul Hamid I, Robert Clive, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. After him are Ahilyabai Holkar, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1785, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 3. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, and Baldassare Galuppi. After him are Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Pietro Longhi, James Oglethorpe, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 1,006 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Fromental Halévy (1799), Eugène Scribe (1791), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292). After him are Jacques Perrin (1941), Caterina Valente (1931), Lili Boulanger (1893), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), and Chilperic I (539).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 235. Before him are Joseph Babinski (1857), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292). After him are Chilperic I (539), Louis Desaix (1768), Victoire of France (1733), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Theudebert II (585), and Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486).

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