Charles-Louis, duc de Chartres

Charles-Louis Henri Foulques Benoît Elzéar Jean Marie d'Orléans, Petit-Fils de France, Prince de France, duc de Chartres was born on 28 July 1972. He is the son of Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Prince de France and Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves. His paternal grandfather was the late Henri, Count of Paris who was the Orleanist claimant to the French Throne with the title Henri VI. As such, Charles-Louis would have the status of Petit-Fils de France with the style of Royal Highness.

Family

He married lady (princess) Ileana Manos, daughter of Konstantinos Manos (1937-) and Sybille Chrissoveloni, on 21 June 1997 in Paris, France, in a civil marriage and were remarried in a religious ceremony on 28 June 1997 in Skiathos. Ileana Manos [Genealogics pedigree|id=00323727|name=Ilena Manos] descends from the Sutzu Phanariot rulers of Principality of Valachia and from Constantinoplean, Greek, Romanian and Vlach noble families such as Manos, Caragea, Argyropoulos, Soutzos, Ruzet-Roznoveanu, Mavrocordatos, Mavromichalis beis of Mani peninsula, Benakis of Kalamata, Cantacuzino; Ghika; Bogdan-Mushat, monarchs of Moldavia, Calmasul (Callimachi) and Racovitza. Ileana is granddaughter of a cousin of Princess Aspasia Manos, consort of king Alexander I of Greece, and grandmother of the current Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

* HRH Prince Philippe Jacques Nicolas d'Orléans b. 3 November 1998
* HRH Princess Louise Marie Isabelle d'Orléans b. 6 December 1999
* HRH Princess Hélène Sybille Irène d'Orléans b. 24 January 2001
* HRH Prince Constantin Foulques Alexandre d'Orléans b. 15 February 2003
* HRH Princess Isabelle Roxane Christine d'Orléans b. 12 May 2005

ee also

Members of the French Royal Families

References

External links

*Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France official website: [http://www.maisonroyale.org Institut de la Maison Royale de France]