Louis François, Duke of Anjou

Louis François
Duke of Anjou
Born	(1672-06-14)14 June 1672 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died	(1672-11-04)4 November 1672 (age 4 months, 3 weeks) Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Names Louis François de France
Father	Louis XIV of France
Mother	Marie Thérèse of Austria

Louis François of France, (14 June 1672 – 4 November 1672) was a Fils de France and Duke of Anjou. He was the youngest son of Louis XIV.

Biography

Louis François de France was born in June 1672 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye outside Paris to Louis XIV of France and his Habsburg consort Marie Thérèse of Austria. He was the couple's third son and last child. As the second son, he was given the traditional title of Duke of Anjou, a title that had been previously held by his late older brother Philippe Charles who died in July 1671.

The little Duke of Anjou lived for under five months, dying at Saint-Germain in November the same year of his birth. Out of his five siblings, only his oldest brother Louis, le Grand Dauphin survived infancy and had issue; the next Duke of Anjou would be the future Philippe who became King of Spain in 1700 at the death of the childless Charles II of Spain. His claim was through the Louis François's mother. Another Duke of Anjou was the future Louis XV of France.

He died without a portrait of him ever having existed. He was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, outside the capital. Saint Denis was the traditional burial place of the House of Bourbon.

Ancestry

Family of Louis François, Duke of Anjou

16. Antoine of Navarre 8. Henry IV of France 17. Jeanne III of Navarre 4. Louis XIII of France 18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 9. Marie de' Medici 19. Johanna of Austria 2. Louis XIV of France 20. Philip II of Spain 10. Philip III of Spain 21. Anne of Austria 5. Anne of Austria 22. Charles II of Austria 11. Margaret of Austria 23. Maria Anna of Bavaria 1. Louis François de France 24. = 20. Philip II of Spain 12. = 10. Philip III of Spain 25. = 21. Anne of Austria 6. Philip IV of Spain 26. = 22. Charles II of Austria 13. = 11. Margaret of Austria 27. = 23. Maria Anna of Bavaria 3.Marie Thérèse of Austria 28. = 16. Antoine of Navarre 14. = 8. Henry IV of France 29. = 17. Jeanne III of Navarre 7. Elisabeth of France (1602–1644)Élisabeth of France 30. = 18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 15. = 9. Marie de' Medici 31. = 19. Johanna of Austria

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 14 June 1672 – 4 November 1672 His Royal Highness the Duke of Anjou (Monseigneur le duc d'Anjou)