Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
| Louis Philippe II | |
|---|---|
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans | |
| Born | 24 August 1838 Tuileries Palace |
| Died | 8 September 1894 (aged 56) Stowe House, England |
| Burial | (since 1958) |
| Spouse | |
Roman Catholicism | |
| Signature |  |
Prince Philippe of Orléans, Count of Paris (Louis Philippe Albert; 24 August 1838 – 8 September 1894), was disputedly
King of the French. He was the Count of Paris as Orléanist claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death. From 1883, when his cousin Henri, Count of Chambord
died, he was often referred to by Orléanists as Philippe VII.
Early life
Prince Philippe became the Prince Royal,
Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) as Regent, this came to nothing. They fled, and the French Second Republic
was proclaimed.
American Civil War
François d'Orléans
A historian, journalist and outspoken democrat, Philippe volunteered to serve as a
Peninsular Campaign. He resigned from the Union Army, along with his brother, on 15 July 1862. Philippe's History of the Civil War in America is considered a standard reference work on the subject.[citation needed
]
During their stay in the United States, the princes were accompanied by their uncle, the
Philippe d'Orleans, was elected as a 2nd class member (i.e. an eldest son of a veteran officer) in 1890 and succeeded to first class membership in the Order upon Philippe's death.[citation needed
]
Marriage and issue
On 30 May 1864 at
Louis-Philippe of France and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
. They had eight children:
- Princess Amélie d'Orléans (1865–1951); married Carlos I of Portugal in 1886.
- Prince Louis Philippe Robert d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (1869–1926); married Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, daughter of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austriain 1896,
- Emmanuel Philibert, 2nd Duke of Aostain 1895.
- Prince Charles d'Orléans (1875–1875).
- Prince Jean D'Orléans, Duke of Guisein 1899.
- Prince Jacques d'Orléans (1880–1881).
- Juan Carlos I of Spain.
- Prince Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (1884–1924); married Marie Isabelle Gonzales de Olañeta y Ibaretta, Marchioness of Valdeterrazo in 1921.
Restoration of French monarchy
The Orleans family had been in exile in England since the
Henri V, best known as the Comte de Chambord. It was assumed by most that the Count of Paris was Chambord's heir-presumptive, and would thus be able to succeed to the throne upon the childless Chambord's death, reuniting the two claims that had divided French monarchists since 1830. However, Chambord's refusal to recognize the tricolor as the French flag sabotaged hopes of a restoration, and Chambord died in 1883 without ever specifically recognizing his Orléanist
rival as his heir-presumptive.
Upon the Count of Chambord's death, the Count of Paris was recognized by most monarchists as Philippe VII of France. This succession was disputed by the
Treaty of Utrecht
.
In 1886 the family was exiled again returning to the United Kingdom, where they first lived at Sheen House, near Richmond, where the young
Prince Philippe
.
Honours
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 24 August 1856[3]
Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant, 22 October 1885[4]
Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders, 22 May 1886[5][6]
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bibliography
- Flers, Hyacinthe, marquis de. Le comte de Paris. Paris: Perrin, 1888.
- Hanson, Edward. "The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta". Fonthill, 2017.
See also
References
- ^ Hanson, The Wandering Princess, 37, 78.
- ^ Hanson, The Wandering Princess, 66, 86
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1869), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 15 Archived 8 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1893) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1893 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1893] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 5. Retrieved 26 June 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Flers, Le comte de Paris
- ^ Stéphane Bern (ed.). Moi Amélie, dernière reine de Portugal (in French). pp. 112–113.
| Monarchy in exile (1792–1815) |
|   |
|---|---|---|
| Legitimist/Unionist pretenders (1830–present) |
| |
| Blancs d'Espagne succession (1883–present) |
| |
| Bonapartist pretenders (1814–present) |
| |
*Orléanist pretender from 1848-1873 as Louis Philippe II | ||
| 1st generation |  | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd generation | ||
| 3rd generation | ||
| 4th generation | ||
| 5th generation | ||
| 6th generation | ||
| 7th generation | ||
| 8th generation | ||
| 9th generation | ||
| 10th generation | ||
| 11th generation | ||
| 12th generation | ||
^never styled Prince of Orléans | ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
