Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans was a petite-fille de France as grand-daughter of king Louis XIII, and duchess of Lorraine and Bar by her marriage to Duke Leopold. She was regent of the duchy during the
Portrait by Pierre Gobert
Portrait of Princess Élisabeth Charlotte (by Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger, c. 1685)
Portrait of the Duchess of Lorraine by Pierre Gobert
The Château de Commercy where she died in 1744
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
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Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch
Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
…Charlotte was born on 13 September 1676 at the Château de Saint-Cloud, located outside of Paris, France. She was the third child and first daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Monsieur, and his second wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, the daughter of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. Her father was the only sibling…
Portrait by Pierre Mignard
Philippe and his elder brother, the future Louis XIV, by an unknown painter
Portrait sent by Anne of Austria to her brother, Philip IV, c. 1650 by Jean Nocret
Philippe dressed for his brother's coronation, c. 1654 by an unknown artist