Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)
Françoise of Orléans | |||||
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Duchess of Chartres | |||||
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Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | 14 August 1844||||
Died | 28 October 1925 Château de Saint-Firmin, France | (aged 81)||||
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Issue | Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark Prince Robert Prince Henri Marguerite, Duchess of Magenta Prince Jean, Duke of Guise | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | François, Prince of Joinville | ||||
Mother | Francisca of Brazil | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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Françoise of Orléans (Françoise Marie Amélie; 14 August 1844 – 28 October 1925) was a member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.
Princess of Orléans[]
Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil).
Duchess of Chartres[]
On 11 June 1863 at Saint Raphael's Church in Kingston upon Thames, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin.
Issue[]
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The Duchess of Chartres and her husband
- Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
- Prince Robert of Orléans (1866–1885)
- Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901)
- Princess Marguerite of Orléans (1869–1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, son of Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
- Prince Jean of Orléans (1874–1940), Duke of Guise, and Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as "Jean III", who, in 1899, married his first cousin Princess Isabelle of Orléans and had issue.
Ancestry[]
Ancestors of Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925) |
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Bibliography[]
- (in French) Dominique Paoli, Fortunes et infortunes des princes d'Orléans 1848-1918, Artena, Paris, 2006.
- (in French) Jean-Charles Volkmann, Généalogie des rois et des princes, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris, 1998.
Categories:
- 1844 births
- 1925 deaths
- House of Orléans
- Princesses of France (Orléans)
- Burials at the Chapelle royale de Dreux
- People from Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Duchesses of Chartres