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Shy and introverted character, Louis did not consider becoming a sovereign one day since his older brother Louis Alexander was the first born, and for this was started in early studies at the college run by the Franciscans in Mont Royale. Here in 1840 he learned of his older brother's death in 1844, m with the death even of his father, he was forced to abandon the college to succeed him to the throne. | Shy and introverted character, Louis did not consider becoming a sovereign one day since his older brother Louis Alexander was the first born, and for this was started in early studies at the college run by the Franciscans in Mont Royale. Here in 1840 he learned of his older brother's death in 1844, m with the death even of his father, he was forced to abandon the college to succeed him to the throne. | ||
− | + | Based on the particular situation of the kingdom, the recent change of dynasties and the not yet consolidated Ludovicia economics of the kingdom, the mother of Louis IV, [[Sophie Josephine de Bourgogne]], arranged a commission of regency headed by his brother Philip of Bourgogne, lord of Herbamez, that lasted until the fourteenth year of the prince, when he was declared on age to govern themselves. During these years, the prince become sovereign continued his studies first with private tutors and later returned to Ludovicia where he attended the local university and became a student at the agricultural faculty. | |
− | In 1848, following the revolutionary movements in France, he gave its support to the Orleanists and tried to defend the position of his cousin Louis | + | In 1848, following the revolutionary movements in France, he gave its support to the Orleanists and tried to defend the position of his cousin Louis Philipp I, king of France, who however was dethroned and replaced by the republic led by president Louis Napoleon Bonaparte that since 1852, with a coup, proclaimed himself emperor of the french, thus founding the second french empire. |
− | Louis IV, while aware of the stance he had held during the revolutionary period, | + | Louis IV, while aware of the stance he had held during the revolutionary period, tried every way to maintain relations with the new France of Napoleon III in 1856 by sending an ambassador to the imperial court to obtain the favors of the new emperor, accompanied by ensigns of Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Ludovicia he recently founded in addition to a number of gifts including a number of rare exotic plants growing in [[Ludovicia Botanical Gardens]]. Napoleon III showed to like the gifts of Louis IV and rewarded him with the insignia of the Legion of Honor, though not signing any commercial contract with Ludovicia and not feeling well to encourage that and the last legacy of monarchical government of France. |
== Genealogy == | == Genealogy == |
Revision as of 16:54, 12 April 2016
Louis IV of Ludovicia | |
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Louis IV of Ludovicia in an official portrait | |
King of Ludovicia | |
Reign | 30 november 1844 - 20 december 1883 |
Coronation | 8 october 1844 |
Predecessor | Louis III |
Successor | Louis V |
Prime Minister | see Prime ministers of Ludovicia |
Personal informations | |
Born | 1 february 1832 at Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Died | 20 december 1883 at Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Burial | 23 december 1894 at Cathedral of Saint Louis, Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Spouse | Eugénie de La Rochefocauld |
Issue |
Louis, crown prince Charles Alexandre François Louis Philippe Louis Sophie Josephine Jacques Marie Alexandre |
Full name | Louis Marie Philippe Henri |
House | Orléans-Ludovicia |
Father | Louis III |
Mother | Juliette Madeleine de Valois-Saint Remy |
Religion | Church of Ludovicia |
Signature | --- |
Louis IV (Louis Marie Philippe Henri; 1 february 1832 - 20 december 1883) was king of Kingdom of Ludovicia from 1844 to 1883.
Contents
Biography
First years and ascending to throne
Louis IV was born to Louis the 1st february 1832, the son of king Louis III and his wife, the princess Juliette Madeleine de Valois-Saint Remy. Among his ancestors stood several members of the French royal family: his father was descendent from Louis XIII of France, instead his mother was descendant of Henry II of France. He was baptized in the chapel of the Royal Palace of Ludovicia by the archbishop Charles Marie Bonnivet de Mangin. His godfather was [[]], and his godmother was [[]].
Shy and introverted character, Louis did not consider becoming a sovereign one day since his older brother Louis Alexander was the first born, and for this was started in early studies at the college run by the Franciscans in Mont Royale. Here in 1840 he learned of his older brother's death in 1844, m with the death even of his father, he was forced to abandon the college to succeed him to the throne.
Based on the particular situation of the kingdom, the recent change of dynasties and the not yet consolidated Ludovicia economics of the kingdom, the mother of Louis IV, Sophie Josephine de Bourgogne, arranged a commission of regency headed by his brother Philip of Bourgogne, lord of Herbamez, that lasted until the fourteenth year of the prince, when he was declared on age to govern themselves. During these years, the prince become sovereign continued his studies first with private tutors and later returned to Ludovicia where he attended the local university and became a student at the agricultural faculty.
In 1848, following the revolutionary movements in France, he gave its support to the Orleanists and tried to defend the position of his cousin Louis Philipp I, king of France, who however was dethroned and replaced by the republic led by president Louis Napoleon Bonaparte that since 1852, with a coup, proclaimed himself emperor of the french, thus founding the second french empire.
Louis IV, while aware of the stance he had held during the revolutionary period, tried every way to maintain relations with the new France of Napoleon III in 1856 by sending an ambassador to the imperial court to obtain the favors of the new emperor, accompanied by ensigns of Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Ludovicia he recently founded in addition to a number of gifts including a number of rare exotic plants growing in Ludovicia Botanical Gardens. Napoleon III showed to like the gifts of Louis IV and rewarded him with the insignia of the Legion of Honor, though not signing any commercial contract with Ludovicia and not feeling well to encourage that and the last legacy of monarchical government of France.
Genealogy
Louis IV | Father: Louis III of Ludovicia |
Paternal grandfather: Louis-Philippe d'Orleans |
Paternal great grandfather: Louis-Philippe I d'Orléans, duke d'Orleans |
Paternal great great grandfather: Louis d'Orléans, duke d'Orleans |
Paternal great great grandmother: Auguste of Baden-Baden | ||||
Paternal great grandmother: Etiennette Marie Périne Le Marquis |
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Paternal grandmother: Sophie Josephine de Bourgogne |
Paternal great grandfather: Leon Balthazar de Bourgogne |
Paternal great great grandfather: Balthazar Philippe de Bourgogne | ||
Paternal great great grandmother: Marie-Anne-Thérèse Parent | ||||
Paternal great grandmother: Marie Madeleine Hustin |
Paternal great great grandfather: Robert-François Hustin | |||
Paternal great great grandmother: Claire-Henriette-Josèphe Cordonnier | ||||
Mother: Juliette Madeleine de Valois-Saint Remy |
Maternal grandfather: Nicolas Pierre de Valois-Saint Remy |
Maternal great grandfather: Nicolas Henri de Valois-Saint Remy |
Maternal great great grandfather: Pierre de Valois-Saint Remy | |
Maternal great great grandmother: Jeanne Vincent | ||||
Maternal great grandmother: Lucrece Isselin |
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Maternal grandmother: Therese Thevenot |
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Marriage and children
In ?, the king Louis V married the princess Juliette Madeleine de Valois-Saint Remy, descendant of king Henry II of France. The couple had the following children:
Honours
National orders
- Grand Master and Knight Companion of the Order of Saint Louis
- Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit
- Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Ludovicia
Foreigns orders
Bibliography
- L. von Altbishofen, The great house of kings of Ludovicia from its origins to the present day, Ludovicia's Royal Print, 2015
Predecessor | King of Ludovicia | Successor |
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Louis III | 1844 - 1883 | Louis V |