Princess Hélène of Orléans

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House of Orléans
Kingdom of France

Louis-Philippe Children    Ferdinand-Philippe, Prince Royal    Louise, Queen of the Belgians    Marie d'Orléans, Duchess of Württemberg    Louis, duc de Nemours    Clementine, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha    François, prince de Joinville    Henri, duc d'Aumale    Antoine, duc de Montpensier Grandchildren    Philippe VII, comte de Paris    Robert, duc de Chartres    Gaston, comte d'Eu    Ferdinand, duc d'Alençon    Margaret d'Orléans    Blanche d'Orléans    Françoise-Marie, duchesse de Chartres    Louis Philippe, prince de Condé    François Louis, duc de Guise Great Grandchildren    Amélie, Queen consort of Portugal    Philippe, duc d'Orléans    Hélène, Duchess of Aosta    Isabelle, duchesse de Guise    Louise d'Orléans    Ferdinand, duc de Montpensier    Marie d'Orléans, Princess of Denmark    Robert d'Orléans    Henri d'Orléans    Marguerite d'Orléans    Jean III, duc de Guise    Louise d'Orléans    Emmanuel, duc de Vendôme Great Great Grandchildren    Isabelle d'Orléans    Françoise, Princess of Greece and Denmark    Anne d'Orléans    Henri VI, comte de Paris Great Great Great Grandchildren    Isabella d'Orléans    Henri VII, comte de Paris    Hélène d'Orléans    François, duc d'Orléans    Anne, Duchess of Calabria    Diane, Duchess of Württemberg    Michel, comte d'Evreux    Jacques, duc d'Orléans    Claude, Duchess of Aosta    Chantal d'Orléans    Thibaut, comte de la Marche    Marie Louise d'Orléans    Sophie Joséphine d'Orléans    Geneviève Marie d'Orléans    Charles Philippe, duc de Nemours Great Great Great Great Grandchildren    Marie d'Orléans    François, comte de Clermont    Blanche d'Orléans    Jean, duc de Vendôme    Eudes, duc d'Angoulême    Clothilde d'Orléans    Adélaïde d'Orléans    Charles Philippe, duc d'Anjou    François d'Orléans    Diane Marie d'Orléans    Charles-Louis, duc de Chartres    Foulques, duc d'Aumale

Princess Hélène of Orleans, Duchess of Aosta (Hélène Louise Henriette) (13 June 1871,York House, Twickenham-21 January 1951, Naples, Italy). She was the third of eight children born to Louis-Philippe, Count de Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. Although she was the first choice of bride for Nicholas II of Russia by his parents, the relationship did not progress beyond friendship. While Nicholas went on to marry Alix of Hesse in late 1894, Hélène married Prince Emanuele Filiberto Vittorio Eugenio Alberto Genova Giuseppe Maria, 2nd Duke of Aosta (1869-1931)on 25 June 1895 at Kingston-on-Thames.

The couple had two sons:

• Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta (October 21, 1898 - March 3, 1942)
• Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta who briefly ruled as King Tomislav II of Croatia. (9 March 1900 - 29 January 1948)

[edit] Ancestry

16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

8. Louis-Philippe of France

17. Louise Marie Adélaïde of Bourbon-Penthièvre

4. Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans

18. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

9. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

19. Marie Caroline of Austria

2. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

20. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

10. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

21. Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha

5. Duchess Helena of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

22. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

11. Princess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

23. Princess Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Princess Hélène of Orléans

24. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (= 16)

12. Louis-Philippe of France (= 8)

25. Louise Marie Adélaïde of Bourbon-Penthièvre (= 17)

6. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier

26. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)

13. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (= 9)

27. Marie Caroline of Austria (= 19)

3. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

28. Charles IV of Spain

14. Ferdinand VII of Spain

29. Maria Luisa of Parma

7. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies

15. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

31. Maria Isabella of Spain