Duchy of Orléans

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Duke of Orléans French peerage French prince duchy

The Duchy of Orléans was a prominent French peerage and territorial domain traditionally granted to close relatives of the king, whose holders played major roles in the politics and succession of the French monarchy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Louis I, Duke of Orléans	0
Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Duke of Orléans ⓘ French peerage ⓘ French prince ⓘ duchy ⓘ
abolished	French Revolution ⓘ
abolitionDate	1790s ⓘ
associatedDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Orléans ⓘ House of Valois ⓘ
associatedWith	Orléanist branch of the Bourbon dynasty ⓘ
borderedBy	Berry ⓘ Touraine ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
brother	Charles VI of France ⓘ
capital	Orléans ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
createdBy	Philip VI of France ⓘ
deathCause	assassination in Paris ⓘ
economicBase	lands around the Loire Valley ⓘ
father	Philip VI of France ⓘ
feudalRank	peer of France ⓘ
firstCreationDate	1344 ⓘ
firstHolder	Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
governingSystem	feudal monarchy ⓘ
grantedTo	close relatives of the king of France ⓘ princes of the blood ⓘ
hereditary	yes ⓘ
involvedIn	Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalNature	inalienable appanage under French royal law ⓘ
locatedIn	France ⓘ
namedAfter	city of Orléans ⓘ
notableHolder	Francis I of France ⓘ Gaston, Duke of Orléans ⓘ Louis I, Duke of Orléans ⓘ Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ Louis XII of France ⓘ Louis-Philippe I of the French ⓘ surface form: Louis-Philippe I of France Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ⓘ Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
partOf	French royal domain ⓘ surface form: Crown lands of France
politicalRole	major role in French court politics ⓘ major role in French royal succession ⓘ
rankInPeerage	one of the highest French peerages ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
status	appanage of the French royal family ⓘ
successionRight	often held by heir presumptive to the French throne ⓘ
titleRevivedAs	courtesy title under later French regimes ⓘ
usualHolderTitle	Duke of Orléans ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bourbon realms → country → Duchy of Orléans ⓘ

House of Valois → ruled → Duchy of Orléans ⓘ

House of Bourbon → ruledKingdom → Duchy of Orléans ⓘ