Palais-Royal
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The Palais-Royal is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Origi
Entrance front of the Palais-Royal
The Palais-Cardinal, c. 1641
Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans the younger brother of Louis XIV.
General site plan (1692) by François d'Orbay, showing the gardens as redesigned by André Le Nôtre around 1674
Louis, Duke of Orléans was a member of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death, he became the First Prince of the Blood an
Portrait by Charles Antoine Coypel, c. 1730
Prince Louis with his mother, by Pierre Gobert
Louis as Duke of Orléans, by Alexis Simon Belle
Rioult portrait after van Loo depicting Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans