Memoirs of the House of Orleans (Volume 2); Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1849. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. LOUIS PHILIPPE, GRANDSON OF THE REGENT.--HIS EARLY CAREER.--IMMORALITY OF LOUIS XV.--MADAME D'ETOILES, AFTERWARDS MARCHIONESS DE POMPADOUR.--PRIVATE THEATRICALS AT VERSAILLES. MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY. THEIR RULES. VOLTAIRE'S PANEGYRIC. ITS CONSEQUENCES.--THE DUKE OF ORLEANS AND HIS " CASTLES IN SPAIN." ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF LOUIS XV. BY DAMIEN.--HIS PUNISHMENT.--M. DE LANDSMATH AND THE KING OF FRANCE.--DEATH OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR.--DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN, AND OF THE DAUPHINESS. MADEMOISELLE DE GENTHIVRE AND THE DUC DE CHARTRES. THE DUCHESS DE GRAMMONT.--THE DUC DE CHOISEUL. MADEMOISELLE LANGE.--HER INFLUENCE OVER LOUIS XV. MARRIAGE OF MARIA ANTOINETTE TO THE DAUPHIN, AFTERWARDS LOUIS XVI.--FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE FESTIVITIES ON THE OCCASION.--DISGRACE OF THE DUC DE CHOISEUL. ILLNESS AND DEATH OF LOUIS XV. ORATION OF THE ABBE ST. MAURY. Louis Philippe of Orleans, the son of Louis of Orleans and the Princess of Baden, was born at Versailles, May 12,1725. The eccentricities of his father did not permit him to receive a very perfect education; and, as he exhibited at an early period a passion for military life, he was appointed, at the age of thirteen, to the command of a regiment of infantry, called after his own name. He served as general of cavalry in the campaign in Flanders, in 1742; and in the following campaign he was entrusted with the charge of the household troops. At the battle of Dettingen, where the French suffered a severe defeat through the unskilfulness of Marshal de Noailles, the duke had a horse killed under him, and narrowly escaped being made prisoner. He was present at the battles of Fontenoy, Harcourt, and Lawfeld, besides taking an active part in the sieges which have established the military reputation of Marshal Saxe. I...