Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
Countess of Paris
Consort of the Head of the House of Orléans
Tenure	30 May 1864 – 8 September 1894
Predecessor	Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (as Queen of the French)
Successor	Maria Dorothea of Austria
Born	(1848-09-21)21 September 1848 Royal Alcázar Seville, Spain
Died	23 April 1919(1919-04-23) (aged 70) Palacio de Orléans, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain
Spouse	Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (m 1864)
Issue	Amélie, Queen of Portugal Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans Princess Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Princess Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Louise, Infanta Carlos of Spain Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier
Full name
María Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina Rufina Gasparina Melchora Baltasara Matea de Orléans y Borbón
House	House of Orléans
Father	Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Mother	Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (María Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina Rufina Gasparina Melchora Baltasara Matea; 21 September 1848 – 23 April 1919) was born an infanta of Spain as well as a Princess of Orléans, she was the Countess of Paris by marriage.

Marriage

On 30 May 1864 at St. Raphael's Church in Kingston upon Thames, England, Princess Marie Isabelle married her cousin Philippe d'Orléans, claimant to the French throne as Philippe VII.

Issue

1. Princess Amélie of Orléans (28 September 1865 – 25 October 1951) married Carlos I of Portugal.
2. Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans 6 February 1869 – 28 March 1926) married Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria.
3. Princess Hélène of Orléans (13 June 1871 – 21 January 1951) married Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Aosta.
4. Prince Charles d'Orléans (1875–1875)
5. Princess Isabelle of Orléans (7 May 1878 – 21 April 1961) married Prince Jean, Duke of Guise.
6. Prince Jacques of Orléans (1880–1881).
7. Princess Louise of Orléans (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) married Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain in 1907. Through her daughter she was a great-grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.
8. Prince Ferdinand of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (9 September 1884 – 30 January 1924) married María Isabel González de Olañeta y Ibarreta, 3rd Marchioness of Valdeterrazo.

Titles and styles

• 21 September 1848 – 30 May 1864 Her Royal Highness Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Infanta of Spain.
• 30 May 1864 – 8 September 1894 Her Royal Highness The Countess of Paris.
• 8 September 1894 – 23 April 1919 Her Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Paris.