Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999)
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| Prince Henri of Orléans | |
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| Count of Paris | |
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| The Count of Paris in 1987 | |
| Pretence | 25 August 1940 – 19 June 1999 |
| Predecessor | Prince Jean, Duke of Guise |
| Successor | Prince Henri, Count of Paris |
| Born | 5 July 1908 Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France |
| Died | 19 June 1999 (aged 90) Cherisy, Eure-et-Loir, France |
| Spouse | Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (m 1931) |
| Issue | Princess Isabelle, Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim Prince Henri, Count of Paris Hélène, Countess Evrard of Limburg-Stirum Prince François, Duke of Orléans Princess Anne, Dowager Duchess of Calabria Diane, Dowager Duchess of Württemberg Prince Michel, Count of Évreux Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans Princess Claude, Duchess of Aosta Chantal, Baroness François Xavier of Sambucy de Sorgue Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche |
| Full name | |
| Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe | |
| House | House of Orléans |
| Father | Prince Jean, Duke of Guise |
| Mother | Princess Isabelle of Orléans |
Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris (Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie d'Orléans; 5 July 1908 – 19 June 1999), was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France as Henry VI from 1940 until his death in 1999. Henri was the direct descendant of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, son of Louis XIII. He was also a descendant of Louis XIV through a female line, from his legitimized daughter Françoise Marie de Bourbon; as well as the great-great-grandson of Louis Philippe I.
Issue[edit]
- Princess Isabelle of Orléans (born 8 April 1932) married Friedrich Karl, Count of Schönborn-Buchheim and has issue.
- |Prince Henri of Orléans (14 June 1933 – 21 January 2019) married Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg and had issue. Remarried Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León but had no issue.
- Princess Hélène of Orléans (born 17 September 1934) married Count Evrard de Limburg Stirum and has issue.
- Prince François of Orléans, Duke of Orléans (15 August 1935 - 11 October 1960) died unmarried.
- [Princess Anne of Orléans]] (born 4 December 1938) married Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and has issue.
- Princess Diane of Orléans (born 24 March 1940) married Carl, Duke of Württemberg and has issue.
- Prince Michel, Count of Évreux (born 25 June 1941) married Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu; has issue.
- Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans (born 25 June 1941) married Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès and has issue.
- Princess Claude of Orléans 11 December 1943) married Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta and has issue.
- Princess Chantal of Orléans (born 9 January 1946) married Baron François Xavier of Sambucy de Sorgue; has issue.
- Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche (20 January 1948 23 March 1983) married Marion Gordon-Orr and has issue.
Titles and styles[edit]
- 5 July 1908 — 5 July 1929 His Royal Highness Prince Henri of Orléans.
- 5 July 1929 — 19 June 1999 His Royal Highness The Count of Paris.