French: ''Marie Dorothée Amélie'' , title =

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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 =

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, 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,

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, death_date = , death_place = Alcsút, Hungary , burial_place = Habsburg Castle 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

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and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Maria Dorothea was also a member of the

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. Philippe was the

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claimant to the throne of

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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

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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 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. Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of

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Marriage

Maria Dorothea married Philippe, Duke of Orléans, eldest son of Philippe, Count of Paris and his wife

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, on 5 November 1896 in

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. 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

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. 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. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Dorothea Of Austria, Archduchess 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