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Philippe d’Orléans — Regent of France during Louis XV’s minority, 1674–1723
Louis XIV’s nephew, he had the dead king’s will overturned by the Parlement of Paris and governed for eight years — years of loosened morals, Law’s bankruptcy and peace, which are called the Regency. (Editorial synthesis)
Philippe d’Orléans’ father was Philippe I d’Orléans. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
Recorded office of Philippe d’Orléans: Regency of France (from 1715 to 1723, the king’s majority). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe d’Orléans was born on 2 August 1674. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe d’Orléans was born in Saint-Cloud. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe d’Orléans died on 2 December 1723. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe d’Orléans died in Versailles. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe d’Orléans died of a stroke. (source: Larousse)
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