Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
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Prince Antoine | |||||
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Palacio de Orléans-Borbón, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Kingdom of Spain | |||||
Burial | Infantes Pantheon, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain | 8 February 1890||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue among others... | Marie Isabelle, Countess of Paris Princess Maria Amelia Princess Marie Christine Mercedes, Queen of Spain Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | Louis Philippe I | ||||
Mother | Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | ||||
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Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans; 31 July 1824 – 4 February 1890
Marriage and issue
On 10 October 1846 at
They had ten children:
- Philippe, comte de Paris (1838–94), the French claimant, and became known as Marie Isabelle, comtesse de Paris. She had issue.
- Maria Amelia (1851–1870)
- Maria Cristina (1852–1879)
- Maria de la Regla (1856–1861)
- Stillbirth child (1857-1857)
- Fernando (1859–1873)
- Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain, without issue.
- Felipe Raimundo Maria (1862–1864)
- Antonio (1866–1930), became Duke of Galliera in Italy. He married his first cousin Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864–1958), daughter of Isabella II, and had two sons.
- Luis Maria Felipe Antonio (1867–1874)
Candidate for the Spanish throne
Antoine de Montpensier lived in Spain from 1848 when he and his family had to leave France after the Revolution of 1848. During the
In 1870 he fought a duel against
On 16 November 1870 the Cortes voted for the next king and chose Amadeo of Savoy with 191 votes. Antoine only received 27 votes, and left Spain, only to return in 1874. His ambitions were fulfilled by his daughter Mercedes, who became Queen of Spain after her marriage to Alfonso XII, son of Isabella II. However, she died at the age of 18 without issue.
Despite never reaching the throne, however, through cognates, he is an ancestor of all Spanish monarchs since Juan Carlos I. His great granddaughter Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona, was the mother of Juan Carlos, who assumed the throne in 1975 and later abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe VI in 2014.
Early collector of photography
The Duke of Montpensier was an early collector of photography. His collection consisted of dozens of albums and hundreds of early photographs, mainly of Spanish, French and British photographers. The collection was dispersed after his death.[2]
Honours and arms
Honours
- Kingdom of France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 9 November 1845[3]
- Spain:
- Knight of the Golden Fleece, 10 October 1846[4]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar[5]
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Hermenegild[6]
- Grand Cross of Military Merit, with Red Decoration[7]
- Baden:[8]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1846
- Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1846
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 11 December 1844[9]
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword[10]
- Beylik of Tunis: Husainid Family Order[11]
- Two Sicilies: Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit[12]
Arms
Prince Antoine did not have a personal coat of arms. He used the traditional arms of the House of Orléans, consisting of:
Azure, three fleur-de-lis Or and a label Argent
[In heraldic
This coat of arms was first used by
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Coat of arms of Prince Antoine in Spain
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Arms of alliance of Prince Antoine and his wife
Ancestry
Ancestors of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier |
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References
- ^ Le Figaro (6 February 1890) : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2810289.item
- ^ Carlos Sánchez Gómez & Javier Piñar Samos, 'La biblioteca fotográfica de Antonio de Orleans, Duque de Montpensier (1847–1890)' (in Spanish). In: I jornadas sobre investigación en historia de la fotografía, pages 104-131 (online text).
- ^ Base Léonore
- ^ "Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 146. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 148. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Escalafón general de Caballeros existentes en la Gran Cruz de la Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 395. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Caballeros Grandes Cruces de la Real Orden del Mérito militar designada para premiar servicios de guerra". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 387. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1850), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 33, 49
- ^ H. Tarlier (1854). Almanach royal officiel, publié, exécution d'un arrête du roi (in French). Vol. 1. p. 37.
- ^ "Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword". geneall.net. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ "Nichan ad-Dam, ou ordre du Sang, institué... - Lot 198".
- ^ Napoli (Stato) (1857). Almanacco reale del Regno delle Due Sicilie: per l'anno ... Stamp. Reale. p. 403.