Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)

Princess Isabelle of Orléans (Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande; 7 May 1878 – 21 April 1961) was a member of the French Orleanist royal family and by marriage Duchess of Guise.

She was born at Eu, France, the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain.

Biography

Marriage and issue

She married, at Twickenham, on 30 October 1899, her first cousin Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874–1940). Jean was the son of prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910) and Françoise d'Orléans (1844–1925).

They had four children:

Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1900–1983). First married in 1923 to Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) and then to Pierre Murat, Prince Murat in 1934.
Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902–1953). Married to Prince Christopher of Greece in 1929. He was a son of King George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece. They were parents of Prince Michael of Greece.
Princess Anne of Orléans (1906–1986). She married Amadeo de Savoie-Aoste, 3rd Duke of Aoste in 1927).
Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999). He married Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza in 1931.

Princess Isabelle died in Larache, Morocco.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)

16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

8. Louis-Philippe of France

17. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon

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 Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

5. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

22. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

11. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

23. Landgravine Louise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Princess Isabelle of Orléans

24. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (= 16)

12. Louis-Philippe of France (= 8)

25. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (= 17)

6. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier

26. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)

13. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (= 9)

27. Maria Carolina of Austria (= 19)

3. Princess Marie Isabelle d'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

Princesses of Orléans

Generations descend from Louis Philippe I

1st generation	Princess Adélaïde

2nd generation	Louise, Queen of the Belgians Marie, Duchess Alexander of Württemberg Princess Françoise Clémentine, Princess August of Saxe-Courg and Gotha-Kohary

3rd generation	Marguerite Adelaide, Princess Władysław Czartoryski Princess Blanche Princess Françoise, Duchess of Chartres Princess Marie Isabelle, Countess of Paris Princess Amalia Princess Cristina Princess Maria de la Regla Mercedes, Queen of Spain

4th generation	Amélie, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves Princess Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Princess Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Louise, Princess Carlos of Bourón-Two Sicilies Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark Princess Margherite, Duchess of Magenta Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavaria

5th generation	Isabelle, Princess Pierre Murat Françoise, Princess Cristopher of Greece and Denmark Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta Marie Louise, Princess Philip of Bourbón-Two Sicilies Princess Sophie Princess Genieviève, Marchioness of Chaponay

6th generation	Princess Isabelle, Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim Hélène, Countess Evrard of Limburg-Stirum Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria Diane, Duchess of Württemberg Princess Claude, Duchess of Aosta Chantal, Baroness François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue Princess Gerarda, Marchioness of Marchelina Beatriz, Countess Tomasso Farini

7th generation	Marie Isabelle, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein Princess Blanche Princess Clothilde, Mrs. Edouard Crépy Princess Adélaïde, Mrs. Pierre-Louis Dailly Princess Diane, Dowager Viscountess of Noailles Princess Pilar, Mrs. Nicholas Henderson-Stewart Princess Eulalia

8th generation	Princess Antoinette Princess Louise-Marguerite Princess Thérèse Princess Isabelle Princess Louise Princesse Hélène Princess Isabelle

Princesses of Orléans by marriage

1st generation	Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Francisca of Brazil Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

2nd generation	Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Françoise d'Orléans* Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria Infanta Eulalia of Spain

3rd generation	Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria Isabella, Marchioness of Valdeterrazo Princess Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Henriette of Belgium Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Marie Constance Say**

4th generation	Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza Carla Parodi-Delfino**

5th generation	Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg Micaëla Cousiño y Quiñones de León Beatrice de Pasquier de Franclieu Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves Marion Gordon-Orr Emilia Ferrara Pignatelli dei Principi di Strongoli Giovanna San Martino d'Agliè dei Marchesi di San Germano Antonella Rendina**

6th generation	Philomena de Tornos Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, Duchess of Cadaval Therese von Einsiedel Ileana Manos Véronique Goeders Anne Laure van Exter Guadalupe Solis Jabón

* also a princess of Orléans in her own right ** did not have a royal or noble title by birth

Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)

Biography

Marriage and issue

Ancestry

See also