Philippe, Duke of Anjou
| Philippe | |
|---|---|
Louis XV of France | |
| Mother | Marie Leszczyńska |
Philippe, Duke of Anjou (Philippe Louis; 30 August 1730 – 7 April 1733) was a French prince and the second son of King
Louis XV of France and his popular Queen Marie Leszczyńska
. He was styled Duke of Anjou from birth.
Biography
Philippe was born at the
Louis, Dauphin of France
.
Philippe was styled Duke of Anjou from birth;[1] this title had last been bestowed on his father, from his own birth in 1710 until his accession to the throne in 1715.
Philippe grew up at Versailles with his brother, the Dauphin, and their twin sisters
Marie Louise de France (Madame Troisième) from the common cold
, in February 1733.
Always a sickly child, Philippe was cared for by a group of female attendants, as royal children were cared for by women until the age of five. As part of their intensely superstitious beliefs, the women mixed in earth from the grave of
Basilica of Saint Denis
outside Paris.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Philippe of France Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Marie Adélaïde of Savoy | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Anne Marie of Orléans | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Philippe, Duke of Anjou | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Rafał Leszczyński | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Stanisław I Leszczyński | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Anna Jabłonowska | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Marie Leszczyńska | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Jan Karol Opaliński | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Katarzyna Opalińska | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Zofia Czarnkowska | |||||||||||||||
Notes
- ISBN 978-0385184021. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Latour, Therese Louis (1927). Princesses Ladies and Salonnieres of the Reign of Louis XV. London: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO , LTD. p. 17. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 12.
- ^ Żychliński, Teodor (1882). Złota księga szlachty polskiéj: Rocznik IVty (in Polish). Jarosław Leitgeber. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2018.