The Apanage d'Orléans wearing
fleur-de-lys armor and the
Cordon Bleu de l’Ordre du Saint-Esprit. The
apanage of Orléans was originally formed by
Louis XIII for his brother
Gaston who died without male heirs in 1660. The apanage then reverted to the French crown. In 1661
Louis XIV ceded it to his brother
Philippe. Originally it comprised the
duchies of Orléans,
Valois and
Chartres, as well as the
seigneurie of Montargis. Over time it expanded to include the following territories • In 1672, Louis XIV added the
Duchy of Nemours, the counties of Dourdan and Romorantin, and the
marquisats of Coucy and Folembray. • In 1692, the
Palais-Royal was incorporated into the apanage in protest of the clause in
Cardinal Richelieu’s will bequeathing it solely for the king's use. • In 1740,
Louis XV added the hôtel de Grand-Ferrare in
Fontainebleau. • In 1751, the county of Soissons was added. • In 1766, La Fère, Marle, Ham, Saint-Gobain,
canal de l'Ourcq, and Résidence Châtillon in Paris were included
The "biens patrimoniaux" The "biens patrimoniaux" had varied origins: • Inheritance from the
Grande Mademoiselle in 1693 : The Grande Mademoiselle made her cousin
Monsieur her sole heir. Upon her death, Monsieur obtained the duchies of Montpensier and Châtellerault, the marquisat of Mézières-en-Brenne, the counties of Mortain, Bar-sur-Seine, the
vicomtés of Auge and Domfront, the
baronnie of Beaujolais and the principality of Joinville. • In 1742, the dowry of four million livres from
Louise-Elisabeth of Orléans, daughter of
Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans, the Regent, who had married
Louis I of Spain, was wholly returned to the Orléans family who had only paid for half of it. • The famous
Orléans Collection of art, mostly curated by Philippe, was sold during the Revolution by
Louis-Philippe d'Orléans (1747-1793). • Inheritance from the
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre, who died in 1793, and whose daughter,
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, had married Louis-Philippe d'Orléans.
Purchases Revenue earned from the apanages, the "biens patrimoniaux", as well as the monies raised in the roles and offices taken by members of the house of Orléans, allowed them to purchase more land and châteaux : • the
château de Saint-Cloud, bought by
Monsieur in 1658 for 240,000 livres, and considerably extended and transformed. Duke
Louis Philippe, who had deserted Saint-Cloud after his morganatic marriage to
Madame de Montesson, was forced to cede it to
Louis XVI for six million livres, of which four were raised through debts owed to the Duc and the remainder by refunding 100,000 of the 400,000 livres of rents formed by the duke of Orléans for his son at the time of his marriage. The sale concluded on 24 October 1784. • the
château de Bagnolet, bought in 1719 by the
Regent and re-sold in 1769 by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1725-1785). • the
château du Raincy, bought by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1725-1785) in 1769. • the château de Maison-Rouge à
Gagny, bought in 1771 from the Marquis-de-Montfermeil by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1747-1793). Confiscated as state property, bought in 1816 by Nicolas Charles Legrand, whose heirs sold it for 60,000 francs to
Louis-Philippe I on 29 December 1845. • the
Château de Sainte-Assise at
Seine-Port was given as a present by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, to his morganatic wife,
Madame de Montesson. After his death, she sold it to the Count of Provence (the future
Louis XVIII), in 1787. • the
château de Saint-Leu, bought in 1780 by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1747-1793). • the Folie-de-Chartres created by
Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1747-1793), the precursor to today's
Parc Monceau in Paris. == The Goods under the July Monarchy ==