Princess Louise of Orléans

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Louise of Orléans, (Cannes, 1882 - Seville, 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

She was the youngest daughter of Philippe of Orléans (1838-1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as "Philippe VII". Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848-1919), infanta of Spain.

On November 16, 1907, she married in Wood Norton, England Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870-1949), prince of the Two-Sicilies and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, infanta of Spain.
The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children:

In 1931, when the Spanish Republic was proclaimed, the family left Spain for Italy and later Switzerland. In 1939, after the victory of Franco in the Spanish civil War they returned to Spain and settled in Seville.

[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 Louise 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
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Sources

  • Généalogie des rois et des princes by Jan-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)