Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)
| Princess Isabelle | |||||
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Duchess of Guise | |||||
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| Orléanist consort to the French throne | |||||
| Pretendence | 28 March 1926 – 25 August 1940 | ||||
| Born | 7 May 1878 Eu, France | ||||
| Died | 21 April 1961 (aged 82) Larache, Morocco | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Isabelle, Countess of Harcourt Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta Prince Henri, Count of Paris | ||||
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Prince Philippe, Count of Paris | ||||
| Mother | Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain | ||||
Princess Isabelle of Orléans (Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande; 7 May 1878 – 21 April 1961) was a member of the French Orleanist royal family and by marriage
Biography
Early life
Isabelle was born at the Château d'Eu, Eu, France, the third daughter and fifth child of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. In 1886, when she was eight years old, a law was promulgated by the Third Republic that effectively exiled all dynasties who formerly ruled France, whereupon she and her family moved to England.
Marriage and issue
As a young woman, Isabelle had many suitors, chief among them being the future Albert I of Belgium. Albert, however, was forced to end the courtship under pressure from his uncle King Leopold II, who feared that a marriage to the daughter of an exiled pretender to the French throne would result in backlash from the republican government in Paris.[1]
On 30 October 1899, Isabelle married her first cousin
The couple had four children:
- Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) and then to Prince Pierre Muratin 1934.
- Prince Michael of Greece.
- Princess Anne of Orléans (1906–1986). She married Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Aosta in 1927.
- Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganzain 1931.
Princess Isabelle died in Larache, Morocco.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Voir Pierre Daye, Léopold II, Fayard, 1934, p. 462
- ^ "Duke of Guise claims throne". royalmusingsblogspotcom. Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 7 November 2012.