Van wie was Filips van Orléans (1674-1723)?

Filips van Orléans (Frans: Philippe Charles d'Orléans) (Saint-Cloud, 2 augustus 1674 - Versailles, 2 december 1723), hertog van Orléans, was als lid van de Franse koninklijke familie de regent van Frankrijk van 1715 tot zijn dood. Hij is dan ook beter bekend als de Regent (le Régent). Zijn regeerperiode, bekend als de Régence, contrasteerde fel met het regime van de vorige koning Lodewijk XIV van Frankrijk, zowel op politiek als op cultureel vlak.

Marie Madeleine de La Vieuville, Marquise of Parabère (1693-1755), was a French aristocrat. She was the official mistress of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, during his tenure as regent of France during the minority of the infant King Louis XV of France. That role made her a well known public figure during the French regency years (1715-1723).

Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682 – 12 September 1753), professionally known as M^lle Desmares, was a French stage actress. Scion of a notable comic actor family, she had an active stage career that spanned three decades, performing with the Comédie-Française from 1699 until her retirement in 1721; she was also remembered as a mistress of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France.