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unusual facts about Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans



Count of Orléans

The lands formed part of the appanages granted to various younger sons of Kings of France with the title Duke of Orléans.

Duke of Montmorency

On the death of the last duke in 1830, the title passed to Louis Philippe III, Duke of Orléans, a great-great-grandson of the Louis I, Duke of Enghien through the female line.

Île d'Orléans

Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans in honour of the second son of King Francis I, Henri II, the Duke of Orléans.

Jacques-Marie Rouzet

He was the lover of Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon after the death of her husband the duke of Orleans.

John Singleton the Younger

After his big race success, Singleton spent time in France, as trainer to the Duke of Orleans, but this employment came to an end with the coming of the French Revolution.

Louise Bourgeois Boursier

They were Louis XIII, future King of France (1601), Elizabeth, Queen of Spain (1602), Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy (1607), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), and Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Queen of Ireland (1609).

Margaret Bingham

In Paris, she was provided access to the Palais-Royal to copy works of the artists on display that were owned by the Duke of Orléans.

Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans

The title of Duke of Orléans reverted to the crown and was later given to his younger brother Gaston who outlived him for another four decades.

His youngest brother, Gaston de France, titled at birth as Duke of Anjou as was customary for the third son, was born in 1608.

Sidney J. A. Churchill

In 1901 he was entrusted with the last message from Queen Victoria to the Duke of Orleans.

The Honest Man's Fortune

The Duke of Orleans is a rich and powerful aristocrat, arrogant and ruthless, "a spleenful detracting Lord."


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