HISTORY | A HISTORICAL HEATED RIVALRY

A HISTORICAL HEATED RIVALRY: PHILIPPE, DUC D’ORLÉANS, COMPETING FOR ATTENTION AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV

Dr Jonathan Spangler (Manchester Met University and Senior Editor The Court Historian) provides a fascinating 60-minute history talk about Philippe, Duc d’Orléans (1640 – 1701), Louis XIV’s younger brother and the position of a second son in royal history. After Philippe’s early military promise was curtailed, he defied courtly expectations marrying twice while continuing a relationship with the Chevalier de Lorraine and other male lovers.