French: ''Marie Dorothée Amélie''
, title =
Duchess of Orléans
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, image = Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Duchess of Orléans.jpeg
, caption =
, succession =
Consort of the Head of the House of Orléans
, reign = 8 September 1894 – 28 March 1926
, reign-type = Tenure
, predecessor =
Marie Isabelle of Orléans
, successor =
Isabelle of Orléans
, spouse =
Philippe, Duke of Orléans
, house =
Habsburg-Lorraine
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (german: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Cr ...
, father =
Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (german: (Erzherzog) Josef Karl (Ludwig) von Österreich, hu, Habsburg–Lotaringiai József Károly (Lajos) főherceg; 2 March 1833 – 13 June 1905) was a member of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty. He was t ...
, mother =
Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
, birth_date =
, birth_place =
Alcsút,
Austria-Hungary
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, death_date =
, death_place =
Alcsút, Hungary
, burial_place =
Habsburg Castle
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chapel's crypt
Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (Maria Dorothea Amelia; german: Maria Dorothea Amalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932) was a member of the Hungarian line of the
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to
Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Maria Dorothea was also a member of the
House of Orléans
The 4th House of Orléans (french: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (french: link=no, Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Ro ...
. Philippe was the
Orléanist
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claimant to the throne of
France
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from 1894 to 1926 and known to Orléanist monarchists as "Philippe VIII of France." Thus, to Orléanist monarchists, Maria Dorothea was titular
Queen of France
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from 1896 to 1926, and Dowager Queen of France until her death in 1932.
Family
Maria Dorothea was the second-eldest daughter and child of
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (german: (Erzherzog) Josef Karl (Ludwig) von Österreich, hu, Habsburg–Lotaringiai József Károly (Lajos) főherceg; 2 March 1833 – 13 June 1905) was a member of the House of Habsburg#House of Habsburg ...
and his wife
Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her father Joseph Karl, Maria Dorothea was the great-granddaughter of
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
, house =Habsburg-Lorraine
, father = Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
, mother = Maria Theresa of Hungary and Bohemia
, religion =Roman Catholicism
, succession1 =Grand Duke of Tuscany
, reign1 =18 A ...
. Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of
Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...
.
Marriage
Maria Dorothea married
Philippe, Duke of Orléans, eldest son of
Philippe, Count of Paris and his wife
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans es, María Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina Rufina Gasparina Melchora Baltasara Matea
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Royal Alcázars of Seville, Seville, S ...
, on 5 November 1896 in
Vienna
en, Viennese
, iso_code = AT-9
, registration_plate = W
, postal_code_type = Postal code
, postal_code =
, timezone = CET
, utc_offset = +1
, timezone_DST ...
.
After several years of marriage, the couple's marriage deteriorated and Maria Dorothea began to spend more and more time each year at her family's estate in Alcsút. Nevertheless, in 1906, Philippe attempted to reconnect with his wife and went to Alcsút to convince her to settle with him at the ''
Manoir d'Anjou'' near
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
. Maria Dorothea resisted the living arrangement and remained at Alcsút.
Ancestry
References
*
Poisson, Georges, ''Les Orléans, une famille en quête d'un trône'', , Paris, 1999.
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1867 births
1932 deaths
People from Fejér County
Duchesses of Orléans
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Austrian princesses
Princesses of France (Orléans)
Burials at Palatinal Crypt