Biography. Alexandre Louis d’Orléans, Duke of Valois – died three months shy of his third birthday Philippe II, Duke of Orléans – who died at 49 years of age. Philippe de France was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston, Duke of Orléans.During the reign of his brother he was known simply as Monsieur.Openly homosexual, he married twice: firstly to Henrietta of England, Minette, sister of Charles II of England. Married Françoise Marie de Bourbon and had 12 children (four of which were illegitimate and acknowledged), and of those twelve, eleven survived childhood, and seven married, most having children. Philippe de France, Duke of Orléans was the brother of Louis XIV of France and the younger and second surviving son of Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria.