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1674 – 1723Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (1674-1723)Died 2 December 1723, aged 49Philippe served as Regent of France for the young Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, presiding over the financial speculation and collapse of John Law's Mississippi Company. He pursued a foreign policy of alliance with Britain and relaxed some of the strict formality of Louis XIV's court. He died suddenly of a stroke shortly after relinquishing the regency.