Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)

Françoise of Orléans (Françoise Marie Amélie; 14 August 1844 – 28 October 1925) was a member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.

Princess of Orléans

Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil).

Duchess of Chartres

On 11 June 1863, in Kingston upon Thames, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin.

Issue

• Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
• Robert of Orléans (1866–1885);
• Henri of Orléans (1867–1901);
• Marguerite of Orléans (1869–1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
• Jean of Orléans (1874–1940), "Duke of Guise", and Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as "Jean III", who, in 1899, married his first cousin Princess Isabelle of Orléans and had issue.

Ancestry

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 14 August 1844 – 11 June 1863 Her Royal Highness Princess Françoise of Orléans
• 11 June 1863 – 5 December 1910 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Chartres
• 5 December 1910 – 28 October 1925 Her Royal Highness the Dowager Duchess of Chartres

Bibliography

• (French) Dominique Paoli, Fortunes et infortunes des princes d'Orléans 1848-1918, Artena, Paris, 2006.
• (French) Jean-Charles Volkmann, Généalogie des rois et des princes, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris, 1998.