Jean, Count of Paris

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Prince Jean
Count of Paris
Jean d'Orléans.jpg
Orléanist pretender to the French throne
Tenure21 January 2019 – present
PredecessorPrince Henri, Count of Paris
Heir apparentPrince Gaston d’Orléans
Born (1965-05-19) 19 May 1965 (age 56)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Spouse
Philomena de Tornos Steinhart
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(m. 2009)​
Issue
  • Prince Gaston
  • Princess Antoinette
  • Princess Louise-Marguerite
  • Prince Joseph
  • Princess Jacinthe
Names
Jean Carl Pierre Marie[1]
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Henri, Count of Paris
MotherDuchess Marie Therese of Württemberg
ReligionRoman Catholic
French royal family
Orléanist
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  • Jean, Count of Paris
    Philomena de Tornos Steinhart
    • Prince Gaston, Dauphin of France (2009)
    • Princess Antoinette (2012)
    • Princess Louise-Marguerite (2014)
    • Prince Joseph (2016)
    • Princess Jacinthe (2018)
Extended royal family

Jean, Count of Paris (Jean Carl Pierre Marie d'Orléans; born 19 May 1965) is the current head of the House of Orléans. The senior male descendant by primogeniture in the male-line of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French. He is, according to the Orléanists, the legitimate claimant to the throne of France as Jean IV.[2][3] Of France's three monarchist movements, Orléanism, Legitimism and Bonapartism, most royalists are Orléanists.[4] Prince Jean is the second son of Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019), the late head of the House of Orléans and his former wife Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg.

First engagement[]

Prince Jean was due to marry Duchess Tatjana of Oldenburg (b. 1974) in 2001. Duchess Tatjana is the youngest daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg and Countess Ilka of Ortenburg. Her elder sister Eilika married Archduke Georg of Austria in 1997. However, the wedding was cancelled at the last minute because of a dispute over religious denomination. Jean's father Henri feared the Orléans claim to the throne would be compromised if there were to be a Protestant heir.[5]

Marriage[]

On 29 November 2008, the Count of Paris announced the engagement of the Duke of Vendôme to Maria Magdalena Philomena Juliana Johanna de Tornos y Steinhart, born in Vienna on 19 June 1977. The civil wedding, conducted by Mayor Rachida Dati, took place on 19 March 2009 in Paris. The religious wedding was held on 2 May 2009 at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame at Senlis, with a reception at the Château de Chantilly.[6][unreliable source?] The bride wore a gown by Christian Lacroix and a jacket embroidered by Maison Lesage.[7]

Philomena is the daughter of Don Alfonso de Tornos y Zubiría, of Basque ancestry, and wife Maria Antonia Anna Zdenka Edle von Steinhart, of Austro-Hungarian ancestry.[citation needed]

Issue[]

The couple have five children:

  • Prince Gaston Louis Antoine Marie d'Orléans (born 19 November 2009 in Paris).
  • Princess Antoinette Léopoldine Jeanne Marie d'Orléans (born 28 January 2012 in Vienna).
  • Princess Louise-Marguerite Eléonore Marie d'Orléans (born 30 July 2014 in Poissy).
  • Prince Joseph Gabriel David Marie d'Orléans (born 2 June 2016).
  • Princess Jacinthe Élisabeth-Charlotte Marie d'Orléans (born 9 October 2018 in Dreux).[8]

Titles, styles and honours[]

Titles in pretense[]

  • 19 May 1965 – 27 September 1987: His Royal Highness Prince Jean d'Orléans, fils de France[9]
  • 27 September 1987 – 21 January 2019: His Royal Highness Prince Jean d'Orléans, fils de France, Duke of Vendôme[9]
  • 21 January 2019 – present: Monseigneur The Count of Paris[10]

He was created Duke of Vendôme (French: Duc de Vendôme) by his paternal grandfather, on 27 September 1987.[9]

Following the death of his father, it was initially thought that Prince Jean would not assume the title of Count of Paris for several months after his father's death, and possibly not for as much as one year.[11]

Honours[]

National[]

Dynastic[]

Ancestry[]

Jean is a direct male-line descendant of Louis Philippe I, the last French king, who in turn was a descendant of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of Louis XIV of France. Jean is also descended from Charles X of France, brother of Louis XVI; and the Bourbons of Spain, the Two Sicilies and Parma.

References[]

  1. ^ "Portrait du prince Jean". gensdefrance.com (in French).
  2. ^ Bloks, Moniek (1 January 2019). "Prince François of Orléans, eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris, pretender to the defunct French throne, has died". Royal Central. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Henri d'Orléans, pretender to French throne, dies". RFI. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ^ O'Reilly, Edward (24 January 2019). "Did You Know? The Tale of the three Frenchmen who still lay claim to the throne". The Local. Stockholm. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ^ "BBC News - EUROPE - Royal wedding plans suffer a hitch". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2017. https://archive.today/20120712033311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1384875.stm
  6. ^ "Jean d'Orlean and Philomena de Tornos to have secind". Hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ^ WWD Staff (4 May 2009). "Fashion Scoops: The Next Halston?… Something Lacroix…. – WWD". Wwd.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Une nouvelle princesse est née à Dreux" [A new princess was born in Dreux]. L'Écho Républicain (in French). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d de Montjouvent, Philippe (1998). Le Comte de Paris et sa Descendance (in French). Charenton, France: Editions du Chaney. pp. 13–14, 214, 217, 391–392, 396–398, 473–474. ISBN 2-913211-00-3..
  10. ^ Official website
  11. ^ "Disparition - Le Comte de Paris s'éteint et laisse la maison de France au prince Jean". lechorepublicain.fr (in French). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  12. ^ James, John, ed. (1 January 2019). Almanach de Gotha. ISBN 9780993372582.
  13. ^ "Heir to the French Throne and former French Minister invested into the Order - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Constantuinian.org.uk. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

External links[]

Jean, Count of Paris
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 19 May 1965
French royalty
Preceded by
Henri, Count of Paris 		Count of Paris
21 January 2019 – present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Prince Gaston d'Orléans
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Henri VII 		— TITULAR —
King of the French
21 January 2019 – present
Reason for succession failure:
French Revolution of 1848 leads to Abolition of monarchy 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Prince Gaston d'Orléans, Prince Royal
Preceded by
Prince François, Count of Clermont 		— TITULAR —
Prince Royal of France
2016 or 30 December 2017 – 21 January 2019 		Succeeded by
Prince Gaston d'Orléans
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