Claims

The Duke of Orléans was Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France from 1771 until 1793

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Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres (later Duke of Orléans and 'Philippe Égalité'), was elected Grand Master of French Freemasonry in 1771 and presided as the Grand Lodge was reorganized as the Grand Orient de France in 1773. He repudiated Freemasonry in February 1793 and the Grand Orient accepted his resignation on 13 May 1793. Whether many other revolutionary leaders were Masons is a separate, held record.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
documentsfrance-memoire.frFrance Mémoire: after Clermont's death in 1771 the Grand Lodge 'fait élire comme Grand Maître … Louis-Philippe d'Orléans'; 1773 transformation into the Grand Orient.
corroboratesnos-colonnes.comGODF history: 'on 13 May 1793, the Grand Orient of France accepted the Grand Master's resignation'.

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Freemasons - dark side (Timeline doc)asserts

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
A Grand Orient historian placed several French Revolution leaders in the Neuf Soeurs lodge, most only as 'great probability'split into (general membership clause)1789-1794Structural

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FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
A Grand Orient historian placed several French Revolution leaders in the Neuf Soeurs lodge, most only as 'great probability'split from (general membership clause)1789-1794Structural

Claim

Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres (later Duke of Orléans and 'Philippe Égalité'), was elected Grand Master of French Freemasonry in 1771 and presided as the Grand Lodge was reorganized as the Grand Orient de France in 1773. He repudiated Freemasonry in February 1793 and the Grand Orient accepted his resignation on 13 May 1793. Whether many other revolutionary leaders were Masons is a separate, held record.