Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou (Redirected from Philippe-Charles, Duke of Anjou)

Philippe Charles
Duke of Anjou
Mythological portrait of Louis XIV and the royal family, by Jean Nocret
Born5 August 1668
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Died10 July 1671
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Burial12 July 1671
HouseBourbon
FatherLouis XIV
MotherMaria Theresa of Spain

Philippe-Charles, Duke of Anjou (5 August 1668 – 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.

Life

Philippe-Charles de France was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, and titled duc d'Anjou at birth, a title previously held by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans, his uncle and the younger brother of Louis XIV. He was baptised at the Chapelle des Tuileries à Paris on 24 March 1669.

As a younger son of Louis XIV, Philippe-Charles was not expected to become the Dauphin; however, it was hoped he would inherit the vast fortune of his second cousin, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, who had no children. According to Nancy Mitford, the Queen, his mother, suggested it many times. While at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Philippe-Charles died of a chest infection, like his elder sister, Anne-Élisabeth de France who had died six years before his birth. Upon his death, the appanage of the Duchy of Anjou reverted to the Crown and was given to his younger brother, Louis François. Philippe-Charles was buried on 12 July 1671, at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.

At the death of the Duchess of Montpensier in 1693, her fortune went to her direct and legal heir, the House of Orléans (Philippe's uncle Philippe I, Duke of Orléans).

Ancestry

Footnotes

  1. ^ With the limitations of 17th Century medicine, "chest infection" cannot be identified precisely.

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