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| Duke of Vendôme (more) | |
| Spouse | Philomena de Tornos Steinhart |
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| Prince Gaston | |
| Father | Prince Henri, Count of Paris |
| Mother | Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg |
| Born | 19 May 1965 |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Styles of Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Monseigneur |
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Orléanist |
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HRH The Count of Paris
Extended royal family
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Prince Jean of Orléans, Dauphin of France, Duke of Vendôme (Jean Charles Pierre Marie; born 19 May 1965, Paris, France), also named as Jean d’Orléans, is the second son of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, the Head of the House of Orléans, and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg. According to the Orléanists, he is in the line of succession to the French throne.
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Prince Jean was due to marry Duchess Tatjana of Oldenburg (b. 1974) in 2001 but the wedding was cancelled at the last minute because of a dispute over religion (Jean's father Henri feared the Orléans claim to the throne would be compromised if there was a Protestant heir).[1]
On 29 November 2008, the Count of Paris announced the engagement of the Duke of Vendôme to Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart, born in Vienna on 19 June 1977.[2] The civil wedding took place 19 March 2009 in Paris. The religious wedding was held on 2 May 2009 at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame at Senlis, with a reception at Château de Chantilly.[3] The couple had their first child, a son named Gaston, in Paris on 19 November 2009.
Philomena is the daughter of Alfonso de Tornos y Zubiría (b. Getxo, 13 October 1937), of Basque ancestry, and wife (m. Vienna, 18 September 1976) Maria Antonia Anna Zdenka Edle von Steinhart (b. 1944), of Austro-Hungarian ancestry.[4][5] She has a sister named María Magdalena (b. 1980) and a brother named Davíd (b. 1982). Her paternal grandparents were Juan de Tornos y Espelíus (b. 2 April 1905), Secretary of the Count of Barcelona, and wife (m. 1930 or 1931) María del Carmen Zubiría y Calbetón (b. 29 June 1906), daughter of the 2nd Marquesses de Yanduri. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand Edler von Steinhart (1910–1998) and wife (m. September 1939) Gabriele Felicitas Murad (1913–1994), paternal granddaughter of Murad Effendi.[6]
He was created Duke of Vendôme (French: Duc de Vendôme) on 27 September 1987 and Dauphin of Viennois (French: Dauphin de Viennois) on 19 June 1999. He was created Dauphin of France (French: Dauphin de France) in 2006, bypassing his mentally disabled elder brother, Prince François, Count of Clermont, according to the website of the Orléanist French royal family.
He is styled shortly as HRH The Duke of Vendôme.
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Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 19 May 1965 |
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| First in line | Orléanist line of succession to the French throne 1st position |
Succeeded by Prince Gaston |
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