Royal Chapel of Dreux

The "Chapelle royale Saunt Louis, Dreux" today.

Monument o Louis Philippe I an his wife Queen Marie Amélie in the chapel.

The Royal Chapel of Dreux is the burial place of members of the House of Orléans. Located in the town of Dreux in France, the land was inherited by Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon from her father Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre. At the death of her father Marie Adélaïde inherited his vast fortune including the property at Dreux haed a small church on it. Eventually, after the reign of King Louis Philippe I of the French the site was extended an remodelled and became the private burial site for member of the descendants of King Louis Philippe I.

List of burials

Among the seventy-five people buried in the new chapel are:

1. Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678–1737)
2. Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688-1766) wife of the above.
3. Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725-1793)
4. Princess Maria Teresa Felicitas of Modena (1726-1754) wife of the above.
5. Louis Marie, Duke of Rambouillet (1746-1749).
6. Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747-1768)

The Duke of Penthièvre with his daughter the future Duchess of Orléans in circa 1768 by Jean Baptiste Charpentier le Vieux

1. Jean Marie, Duke of Châteauvillain (1748–1755).
2. Vincent Marie Louis de Bourbon (1750–1752).
3. Marie Louise de Bourbon (1751–1753).
4. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (1753–1821).
5. Louis Marie Félicité de Bourbon (1754).
6. Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti (1734–1814)
7. the heart of Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France for the enfant King Louis XV of France (1674–1723).
8. King Louis Philippe I of the French (1773–1850).
9. Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (1782–1866), wife of the above.
10. Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier (1775–1807) (cenotaph).
11. Princess Adélaïde of Orléans (1777–1847).
12. Françoise d'Orléans Mademoiselle d'Orléans (1777–1782).
13. Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais (1779–1808).
14. Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810–1842).
15. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814–1858), wife of the above.
16. Princess Marie of Orléans (1813–1839)
17. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814–1896)
18. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1822–1857), wife of the above.
19. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844–1910)
20. Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847–1897).
21. François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818–1900)
22. Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824–1898), wife of the above.
23. Charles, Duke of Penthièvre (1820–1828).
24. Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale (1822–1897)
25. Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies (1822–1869), wife of the above.
26. Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798–1881), mother of the above.
27. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838–1894)
28. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848–1919), wife of the above.
29. Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910)
30. Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925), wife of the above.
31. Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919).
32. Louis, Prince of Condé (1845–1866).
33. Léopold Philippe, Duke of Guise (1847–1847).
34. François Paul d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (1852–1852).
35. François Louis, Duke of Guise (1854–1872).
36. Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901)
37. Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869–1926)
38. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier (1884–1924)
39. Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872–1931)
40. Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870–1948), wife of the above.
41. Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1881–1918), Prince of Brazil.
42. Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920), Prince Imperial of Brazil.
43. Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878–1973), wife of the above.
44. Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1911–1931)
45. Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874–1940)
46. Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961), wife of the above.
47. Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Orléanist pretender.
48. Princess Isabelle of Orléans and Braganza (1911–2003), wife of the above.
49. Prince François Gaston, Duke of Orléans, son of the above (1935–1960).
50. Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche, brother of the above (1948–1983).
51. Bathilde d'Orléans (1750–1822).
52. Prince François, Count of Clermont (1961–2017).
53. Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019), Orléanist pretender.