Princess Anne of Orléans (''Anne Hélène Marie''; 5 August 1906 – 19 March 1986) was a member of the
House of Orléans
The 4th House of Orléans (), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans () to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the House of France, Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimat ...
and the
Duchess of Aosta by marriage.
She was the daughter of
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
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 Pr ...
, and
Princess Isabelle of Orléans.
Marriage and issue
She married at
Naples
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,
Italy
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, on 5 November 1927, her first cousin
Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1898–1942).
The couple had two daughters:
*
Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (7 April 1930 at
Capodimonte Palace – 10 January 2022 at
Basel
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); married on 28–29 December 1953 Archduke
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915–1996), second son of the last Austrian emperor,
Charles I. They have three sons and two daughters.
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Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (12 September 1933 at
Miramare Castle
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– 18 November 2023 at
São Paulo
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); married on 29 January 1967 Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, son of
Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his second wife,
Princess Cecylia Lubomirska. They have two sons and two daughters.
Ancestry
References
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1906 births
1986 deaths
People from Aisne
French Roman Catholics
Princesses of France (Orléans)
Duchesses of Aosta
Princesses of Savoy
Princesses in Italy
Princesses della Cisterna