Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans
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Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans was the second daughter of Philippe d'Orléans and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was an Abbess of
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, 1725
Portrait of Louise Adélaïde by Pierre Gobert
Louise Adélaïde as Sister Saint Bathilde by Pierre Gobert
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
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Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who was known as the Regent, was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred to in French as le R
The 10-year-old Duke of Chartres in red on the right; the scene depicts the Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15 May 1685.
Philippe c. 1678
Philippe in 1686 by Nicolas de Largillière
Philippe's wife, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Madame de Montespan, by François de Troy.