What is Philippe Égalité?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Philippe d'Orléans |title=[[Duke of Orléans]] |image=Portrait of Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (known as Philippe Égalité) in ceremonial robes of the Order of the Holy Spirit by Antoine François Callet.jpg |full name=Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans |spouse=[[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon]] |issue=[[Louis Philippe I]]<br/>Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier<br/>Adélaïde, Princess of Orléans<br/>Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais |royal house=[[House of Orléans]] |father=[[Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans|Louis Philippe d'Orléans]] |mother=[[Louise Henriette de Bourbon]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1747|4|13||df=y}} |birth_place=[[Château de Saint Cloud]], [[Saint-Cloud]], [[France]] |death_date={{Death date and age|1793|11|6|1747|4|13|df=y}} |death_place=[[Paris]], France |burial_place=[[Madeleine Cemetery]], Paris | signature =Signature of Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres (future Philippe Égalité) at the baptism of the Duke of Berry.jpg }} '''Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans''' (''Louis Philippe Joseph''; 13 April 1747 – 6 November 1793) commonly known as ''Philippe'', was a member of the [[House of Orléans]]. He actively supported the [[French Revolution]] and adopted the name '''Philippe Égalité''', but was still [[guillotine]]d during the [[Reign of Terror]]. His son [[Louis-Philippe of France|Louis Philippe]] became [[List of French monarchs|King of the French]] after the [[July Revolution]] of 1830. He held the rank of [[prince of the blood]]. ==Biography== Louis Philippe was the son of [[Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans|Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres]], and [[Louise Henriette de Bourbon]] and was born at the [[Château de Saint Cloud]]. ===Duke of Orléans=== In November 1785, upon his father's death, Philippe, the new Duke of Orléans, became the head of the [[House of Orléans]]. This was one of the wealthiest families of France, and [[Prince du Sang|Premier Prince du Sang]], addressed as ''Monsieur le Prince'', the most important p