Jean d'Orléans (Jean Pierre Clément Marie; 4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940) was
Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Jean III. He used the courtesy title of
Duke of Guise.
He was the third son and youngest child of
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910), and grandson of
Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
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and great-grandson of
Louis Philippe I
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,
King of the French
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. His mother was
Princess Françoise of Orléans, daughter of
François, Prince of Joinville and
Princess Francisca of Brazil.
Biography
In 1926 at the death of his cousin and brother-in-law
Philippe, Duke of Orléans, claimant to the defunct throne of France as "Philip VIII", Jean was recognised by his
Orléanist
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supporters as titular king of France with the name "Jean III".
Jean was an amateur historian and archeologist, who lived with his family in a large farm near
Rabat, Morocco. Following his "ascension" as
Orléanist
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pretender, he and his eldest son were legally forbidden from ever entering France again, due to an 1886 edict which condemned the heads of Bourbon & Bonaparte dynasties, as well as their heirs apparent, to exile.
In 1892, Jean passed the entrance exam for the
Royal Danish Military Academy and joined the
Royal Life Guards. He continued to serve in the
Royal Danish Army until 1899, where he was made
captain
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.
Jean died in
Larache, Morocco, in 1940. He was succeeded as Orléanist claimant to the defunct French throne by his only son,
Henri d' Orléans, Count of Paris.
Marriage and issue
In 1899, Jean married his first cousin,
Isabelle d'Orléans (1878–1961). She was the younger sister of
Philip VIII, and the daughter of
Philip VII and
Marie Isabelle d'Orléans.
They had four children:
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Isabelle d'Orléans (1900–1983). First married in 1923 to
Marie Hervé Jean Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) and then to Prince Pierre
Murat
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France
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in 1934.
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Françoise d'Orléans (1902–1953). Married to
Christopher of Greece and Denmark in 1929. He was a son of
George I of Greece
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and
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia. They were parents of
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.
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Anne d'Orléans (1906–1986). She married
Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta in 1927.
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Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1908–1999).
Married to
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.
Ancestry
References
External links
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1874 births
1940 deaths
Dukes of Guise
Dukes of Montpensier
Orléanist pretenders to the French throne
Princes of France (Orléans)
Burials at the Chapelle royale de Dreux
Royal reburials