Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French Revolution.

Portrait by Antoine-François Callet

Portrait of a young Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, by Louis Tocqué.

Louise Marie Adélaïde as the Duchess of Chartres

Louis Philippe d'Orléans, as Duke of Chartres, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1779, Château de Chantilly

Prince du sang

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A prince du sang or prince of the blood is a person legitimately descended in male line from a sovereign. The female equivalent is princess of the blood, being applied to the daughter of a prince of the blood. The most prominent examples include members of the French royal line, but the term prince of the blood has been used in other families more generally, for example among the British royal family and when referring to the Shinnōke in Japan.

Antoine, Duke of Vendôme

Louis II, Prince of Condé by Joost van Egmont

Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (1703-1752), Duke of Chartres; the first Orléans Prince to use the style

The last Monsieur le Prince of the Ancien Régime, Philippe Égalité