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

The Duchess of Chartress and her husband

Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
Prince Robert of Orléans (1866–1885)
Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901)
Princess Marguerite of Orléans (1869–1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, son of Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
Prince 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

Ancestors of Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)

16. Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

8. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

17. Louise Henriette de Bourbon

4. Louis Philippe I

18. Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre

9. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon

19. Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este

2. Prince François, Prince of Joinville

20. Charles III of Spain

10. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

21. Maria Amalia of Saxony

5. Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

22. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

11. Maria Carolina of Austria

23. Maria Theresa of Austria

1. Françoise of Orléans

24. Peter III of Portugal

12. John VI of Portugal

25. Maria I of Portugal

6. Pedro I of Brazil

26. Charles IV of Spain

13. Carlota of Spain

27. Maria Luisa of Parma

3. Princess Francisca of Brazil

28. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

14. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

29. Maria Luisa of Spain

7. Maria Leopoldina of Austria

30. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies =10

15. Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

31. Maria Carolina of Austria =11

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.

Princesses of Orléans

Generations descend from Louis Philippe I

1st generation	Princess Adélaïde

2nd generation	Queen Louise of Belgium Duchess Marie of Württemberg Princess Françoise Princess Clémentine of Saxe-Courg and Gotha-Kohary

3rd generation	Princess Marguerite Adelaide 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	Queen Amélie of Portugal Princess Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Princess Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Princess Louise of Bourbón-Two Sicilies Princess Marie of Denmark Princess Margherite, Duchess of Magenta Princess Louise of Bavaria

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

6th generation	Princess Isabelle, Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim Princess Hélène Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria Diane, Duchess of Württemberg Princess Claude, Duchess of Aosta Princess Chantal Princess Gerarda, Marchioness of Marchelina Beatriz, Countess Tomasso Farini

7th generation	Princess Marie of Liechtenstein Princess Blanche Princess Clothilde Princess Adélaïde Princess Diane, Dowager Viscountess of Noailles Princess Pilar 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

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