The Duchy of Orléanais is a former province of France, which was created during the Renaissance by merging four former counties and towns. However after the French Revolution, the province was dissolved in 1791 and succeeded by five départments.
Chambord - tableau Gaston d'Orléans
Le cardinal François de Sourdis par Le Bernin
1710 portrait of Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Duke of Antin wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit by Hyacinthe Rigaud (Versailles)
Orléans is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the department of Loiret and of the region of Centre-Val de Loire.
Image: Rue Jeanne d Arc Tramway Orleans
Image: La place Jeanne D'Arc, Orléans
Image: Statue of Jeanne d'Arc in Orléans A
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