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	4 November 1672(1672-11-04) (age 4 months, 3 weeks) Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Full name Louis François de France
Father	Louis XIV of France
Mother	Maria Theresa of Spain

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 Maria Theresa of Spain. 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. Maria Theresa of Spain                                   28. = 16. Antoine of Navarre               14. = 8. Henry IV of France                       29. = 17. Jeanne III of Navarre               7. Elisabeth of Bourbon                             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)

Titles

Louis François, Duke of Anjou House of Bourbon Born: 14 June 1672 Died: 4 November 1672
French nobility
Preceded by Vacant Philippe Charles de France	Duke of Anjou 14 June 1672 – 4 November 1672	Succeeded by Vacant Philippe de France