Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

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Monsieur 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 of the ruling House of Bourbon.

Philippe and his elder brother, the future Louis XIV, by an unknown painter

Portrait sent by Anne of Austria to her brother, Philip IV, around c. 1650 by Jean Nocret

Philippe dressed for his brother's coronation, c. 1654 by an unknown artist

Louis XIII

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Louis XIII was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1635

Portrait of Louis XIII by Frans Pourbus the Younger, c. 1616

Half Louis d'Or (1643) depicting Louis XIII

Louis XIII on horseback, c. 1615–1620. Bronze, from France (probably Paris). Victoria and Albert Museum, London