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Philippe de Lorraine, dit Chevalier de Lorraine, painted by a unknown artist.
10 May 1774, the nineteen year old Louis XVI succeeds to the throne of France after the death of his grandfather Louis XV. #otd
4 May 1677, birth of Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Duchesse d'Orléans, youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan. Françoise-Marie married the heir of Monsieur, Philippe II d'Orléans, who nicknamed her Madame Lucifer. #otd
24 April 1608, Gaston de France, third son of Henri IV and his second wife Marie de Médicis is born at Fontainebleau. @CFontainebleau #otd
31 March 1671, Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and of Albany, first wife of the future James II, dies aged 34. #otd
The Entrance to the Park of Saint-Cloud, Paris, Pieter Rudolph Kleijn, 1809 @rijksmuseum