Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg

Marie Thérèse
Duchess of Montpensier
prev. Countess of Clermont
Spouse Prince Henri, Count of Clermont
Issue
Princess Marie Isabelle of Liechtenstein
Prince François, Count of Clermont
Princess Blanche
Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme
Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
Full name
German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine
House House of Württemberg
House of Orléans
Father Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Mother Archduchess Rosa of Austria
Born 12 November 1934 (1934-11-12) (age 77)
Schloss Altshausen, Altshausen, Baden-Württemberg, Greater German Empire
French Royal Family
Orléanist

HRH The Count of Paris
HRH The Countess of Paris

Extended royal family

Marie Therese of Württemberg (German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine, Herzogin von Württemberg[1][2]) (born 12 November 1934 at Schloss Altshausen in Altshausen, Baden-Württemberg, Greater German Empire[1][2]) was a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth and a member of the House of Orléans and Countess of Clermont and Princess of Orléans through her marriage to Prince Henri, Count of Clermont (now titled Count of Paris and Duke of France), current Orléanist claimant to the French throne. Upon her divorce from Prince Henri in 1984, Marie Therese was created Duchess of Montpensier by her former father-in-law, Henri, Count of Paris.

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Family

Marie Therese was the fifth child and fourth daughter[1][2] of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Marie Therese married Prince Henri of Orléans, second child and eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, on 5 July 1957 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France.[1][2] Upon their marriage, Prince Henri was created Count of Clermont by his father. Marie Therese and Henri had five children:[1]

  1. Marie Isabelle Marguerite Anne Geneviève d'Orléans (born 3 January 1959, Boulogne sur Seine) married to Prince Gundakar Albert Alfred Petrus of Liechtenstein (born 1 April 1949, Vienna)
  2. François Henri Louis Marie d'Orléans (born 7 February 1961, Boulogne sur Seine), Count of Clermont, severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
  3. Blanche Elisabeth Rose Marie d'Orléans (born 10 September 1962, Ravensburg) , severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
  4. Jean Charles Pierre Marie (born 19 May 1965, Boulogne sur Seine), Duke of Vendôme and Dauphin de Viennois, married to Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart
  5. Eudes Thibaut Joseph Marie (born 18 March 1968, Paris), Duke of Angoulême, married to Marie-Liesse Claude Anne Rolande de Rohan-Chabot (born 29 June 1969, Paris)

Marie Therese and Henri divorced on 3 February 1984[1][2] after which she was created Duchess of Montpensier in her own right.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Darryl Lundy (10 Mar 2007). "Maria Theresa Herzogin von Württemberg". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11075.htm#i110749. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Paul Theroff. "WÜRTTEMBERG". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/wurttemberg.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 

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