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Charles-Paris d'Orléans, 1660

Charles-Paris d'Orléans-Longueville (29 January 1649 - 12 June 1672 at battle of Tolhuis) – duc de Longueville, Prince Châtellaillon, Neufchâtel and Valangin, duc de Estouteville, comte de Saint-Pôl, French Peer.

He was the youngest child of Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, first child and only daughter of Henri, Prince of Condé. His biological father was likely her lover, the writer François de La Rochefoucauld. Despite this he was recognized by Anne's husband, <b>Henri II d'Orléans</b> as his own.

During the disputes of various factions inside the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Charles-Paris was the candidate for the Polish crown of the pro-french faction, called the "malcontents" which included the likes of John Sobieski. The plans to dethrone Michał and marry Charles to his wife, Eleonore of Austria began in 1670. Two years later, in July 1672 the malcontents were ready to steal the crown from Michał and hand it over to the French duc, although his death thwarted its possibility.