births
May 12, 1725
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (died 1785)
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, known as le Gros, was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of Philippe Égalité. He greatly augmented the already huge wealth of the House of Orléans.
May 12
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 233 days remain until the end of the year.