Upset with this and the role played by the "duc d'Orléans" in reducing the status of the legitimised children of Louis XIV from the rank of "Princes du Sang" (which Louise Bénédicte had enjoyed since birth) to mere peers of France, Louise Bénédicte induced her husband to join in the Cellamare Conspiracy in the hope of transferring the regency to King Philip V of Spain, the uncle of Louis XV.