But a great-grandson of Philippe II — Louis-Philippe, who was born in 1773 and became king of the French in 1830 — did both, during a circuitous tour in the late 1790s.

Louis Philippe I of Orleans, the son of Philippe Equality, photographed in 1840, when he was king of France. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The Convention’s growing paranoia and his son’s ...

The French royal namesakes of our city and state — Philippe II, the Duke of Orleans, and King Louis XV — never set foot in what would become New Orleans or Louisiana. But a great-grandson of ...