Louis François, Duke of Anjou
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Louis François of France, fils de France, Duke of Anjou (14 June 1672 – 4 November 1672) was a Fils de France
and Duke of Anjou. He was the youngest son of Louis XIV.
outside Paris to Louis XIV of France
and his Habsburg consort Maria Theresa of Spain
. He was the couple's third son and last child. As the second son, he was given the traditional title of Duke of Anjou, a title that had been previously held by his late older brother Philippe Charles who died in July 1671.
The little Duke of Anjou lived for under five months, dying at Saint-Germain in November the same year of his birth. Out of his five siblings, only his oldest brother Louis, le Grand Duaphin survived infancy and had issue; the next Duke of Anjou would be the future Philippe
who became King of Spain in 1700 at the death of the childless Charles II of Spain
. His claim was through the Louis François's mother. Another Duke of Anjou was the future Louis XV of France
.
He died without a portrait of him ever having existed. He was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, outside the capital. Saint Denis remained the traditional burial place of the House of Bourbon
till the French Revolution
.
Fils de France
Fils de France was the style and rank held by the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. A daughter was known as a fille de France .The children of the dauphin, who was the king's heir apparent, were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his...
and Duke of Anjou. He was the youngest son of Louis XIV.
Biography
Louis François de France was born in June 1672 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-LayeChâteau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the département of Yvelines, about 19 km west of Paris, France. Today, it houses the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale ....
outside Paris to Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
and his Habsburg consort Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Austria was the daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain and Elizabeth of France. Maria Theresa was Queen of France as wife of King Louis XIV and mother of the Grand Dauphin, an ancestor of the last four Bourbon kings of France.-Early life:Born as Infanta María Teresa of Spain at the...
. He was the couple's third son and last child. As the second son, he was given the traditional title of Duke of Anjou, a title that had been previously held by his late older brother Philippe Charles who died in July 1671.
The little Duke of Anjou lived for under five months, dying at Saint-Germain in November the same year of his birth. Out of his five siblings, only his oldest brother Louis, le Grand Duaphin survived infancy and had issue; the next Duke of Anjou would be the future Philippe
Philip V of Spain
Philip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
who became King of Spain in 1700 at the death of the childless Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
. His claim was through the Louis François's mother. Another Duke of Anjou was the future Louis XV of France
Louis XV of France
Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
.
He died without a portrait of him ever having existed. He was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, outside the capital. Saint Denis remained the traditional burial place of the House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
till the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
.
Ancestry
Titles and styles
- 14 June, 1672 – 4 November, 1672 His Royal HighnessRoyal HighnessRoyal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
the Duke of Anjou (Monseigneur le duc d'Anjou)