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Philippe-Charles, Duke of Anjou (5 August 1667 – 10 July 1671) was the fifth child and second son of King Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain, and as such was a fils de France.
The Legitimist legacy was claimed by the next senior branch of the Bourbons, descended from a younger grandson of Louis XIV – Philippe, Duke of Anjou. Although Philippe ceased use of the Anjou title upon becoming King Philip V of Spain in 1700, renouncing his succession rights to the French throne in exchange for retention of his ...
Carlos Felipe María Luis de Orleans, Duque de Anjou (en francés: Charles Philippe Marie Louis d'Orléans ), nació en París el 3 de marzo de 1973. Es un príncipe francés, miembro de la Casa de Orleans . Familia.
In 1204, Anjou was lost to king Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an appanage for Louis VIII's son John, who died in 1232 at the age of thirteen, and then to Louis's youngest son, Charles, later the first Angevin king of Sicily.
That Spanish king, Philippe IV, died in 1665, leaving a somewhat dubious successor in the form of Charles II, a malignant child suffering from epilepsy, also born from Philippe IV’s second marriage.
Philippe-Charles, duque de Anjou (5 de agosto de 1668 - 10 de julio de 1671) fue el quinto hijo y el segundo hijo del rey Luis XIV de Francia y María Teresa de España , y como tal fue un fils de France .
Practical information. st. Philippe de France, brother of Louis XIV, known as “Monsieur”, played no part in the political affairs of the kingdom. Known for preferring his male favourites to his wives, more at home in Paris than at Versailles, he won a famous military victory over William of Orange in 1677.
