Prince François, Count of Clermont

Prince François of Orléans, Count of Clermont (François Henri Louis Marie; born 7 February 1961), is the eldest son of Orleanist pretender to the French throne, Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France and his former wife Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg.

He is or was the Dauphin of France, being the eldest son of the Orleanist pretender to the French throne. However, his mother suffered from toxoplasmosis during pregnancy, resulting in Prince François being mentally disabled, as is his younger sister, Princess Blanche. In 2006 their father named his second son, Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme, as Dauphin of France, although the lawfulness of this is uncertain, given that such a change to the order of succession is unprecedented.

Ancestry

References

• Philippe de Montjouvent, Le comte de Paris et sa descendance, Du Chaney Eds, Paris, 1998, ISBN 2913211003.
• Georges Poisson, Les Orléans, une famille en quête d'un trône, Perrin, Paris, 1999 ISBN 226201583X.
• Henri d'Orléans, Ma Vie, Tallandier, Paris, 2003.
• Henri d'Orléans, À mes fils, Albin Michel, Paris, 1990.