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{{Infobox royalty
| name   = Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
| full name = Helene Luise Elisabeth
| image     = Portrait of Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (Duchess of Orleans) with her son Prince Louis Philippe, Count of Paris by Winterhalter.jpg
| title     = Duchess of Orléans
| caption  =Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. 
| date of birth = {{birth date|1814|1|24|df=y}}
| place of birth = ''[[Ludwigslust Palace|Schloss Ludwigslust]]'', [[Germany]]
| date of death = {{death date and age|1858|5|17|1814|1|24||df=y}}
| place of death = [[Lunnon]], [[England]]
| spouse         = [[Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans]]
| father         = [[Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| mother = [[Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar]]
| house = [[w:House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (''by birth'')<br />[[House of Orléans]] (''by marriage'')
| issue = [[Prince Philippe, Count of Paris]]<br />[[Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres]]
| burial_place = [[Chapelle royale de Dreux|Royal Chapel]], Dreux, France
| religion    = Lutheran
| module = [[File:Coat of Arms of Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Order of Maria Luisa).svg|100px|]]
}}
'''Princess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin''' (''Helene Luise Elisabeth''; 24 January 1814 – 17 May 1858) was the wife of the eldest son and heir of [[Louis Philippe I|King Louis Philippe I of the French]]. As a result of her 1837 marriage, she was styled the Duchess of Orléans as well as the Princess Royal of France. 


==Marriage==

On 30 May 1837 Princess Helene married [[Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans]] at the [[Château de Fontainebleau]].

==Issue==
# [[Prince Philippe, Count of Paris|Prince Philippe of Orléans, Count of Paris]] ( 24 August 1838 – 8 September 1894) married [[Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans]] and had children.
# [[Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres|Prince Robert of Orléans, Duke of Chartres]]  (November 9 1840 – December 5 1910) married [[Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)|Princess Françoise of Orléans]] and had children.

==Titles and styles==
*'''24 January 1814 &ndash; 30 May 1837''' ''[[Highness|Her Highness]]'' Princess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 
*'''30 May 1837 &ndash; 13 July 1842''' ''[[Royal Highness|Her Royal Highness]]'' The Duchess of Orléans, Princess Royal of France. 
*'''13 July 1842 &ndash; 17 May 1858''' ''Her Royal Highness'' The Dowager Duchess of Orléans.


==Honours==

*Dame of the [[Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa]] (Spain) 
*Dame of the [[Order of the Starry Cross]] (Austria) 


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