Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Diane
Duchess of Württemberg
Spouse	Carl, Duke of Württemberg
Issue
Hereditary Duke Friedrich Duchess Mathilde Duke Eberhard Duke Phillipp Duke Michael Duchess Fleur
House	House of Württemberg House of Orléans
Father	Henri, Count of Paris
Mother	Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
Born	24 March 1940 (1940-03-24) (age 71) Petrópolis

French Royal Family Orléanist

HRH The Count of Paris HRH The Countess of Paris HRH Princess Marie Isabelle HRH The Count of Clermont HRH Princess Blanche HRH The Duke of Vendôme HRH The Duchess of Vendôme HRH Prince Gaston HRH The Duke of Angoulême HRH The Duchess of Angoulême HRH Princess Thérèse HRH Prince Pierre Extended royal family HRH The Duchess of Montpensier HRH The Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim HRH Princess Hélène HRH The Duchess of Calabria HRH The Duchess of Württemberg HRH The Count of Évreux HRH The Countess of Évreux HRH Princess Clothilde HRH Princess Adélaïde HRH The Duke of Anjou HRH The Duchess of Cadaval HRH Prince François HRH The Duke of Orléans HRH The Duchess of Orléans HRH Princess Diane HRH The Duke of Chartres HRH The Duchess of Chartres HRH The Duke of Valois HRH Princess Louise HRH Princess Hélène HRH Prince Constantin HRH Princess Isabelle HRH The Duke of Aumale HRH Princess Claude HRH Princess Chantal HRH The Count of La Marche

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Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (née Princess Diane Françoise Maria da Gloria of Orléans; born 24 March 1940) is a successful artist and sculptor.

Marriage

Princess Diane was born in Petrópolis, Brazil, the fourth daughter and the sixth child of the Orléanist claimant to the French throne, HRH Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), and his wife HI&RH Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911–2003).

On 21 July 1960, she married, at Altshausen, Carl, Duke of Württemberg (born 1 August 1936), who became Head of the House of Württemberg in 1975.

Children

They have four sons and two daughters :

• Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg (born 1 June 1961), married in 1993 to Princess Marie of Wied (born Munich, 27 December 1973):
  • Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albrecht Nikolaus Erich Maria (born Ravensburg, 13 August 1994)
  • Duchess Marie-Amelie Diane Katherine Beatrix Philippa Sophie (born Ravensburg, 11 March 1996)
  • Duchess Sophie-Dorothea Martina Johanna Henriette Charitas Maria (born Ravensburg, 19 August 1997)
• Duchess Mathilde Marie-Antoinette Rosa Isabelle (born Friedrichshafen, 11 July 1962), married in 1988 to Hereditary Count Erich of von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1962), with five daughters
• Duke Eberhard Alois Nikolaus Heinrich Johannes Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 20 June 1963)
• Duke Phillipp Albrecht Christoph Ulrich Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 1 November 1964), married in 1991 to Duchess Marie Caroline in Bavaria:
  • Duchess Sophie Anastasia Assunta Marie Pauline (born Munich, 15 January 1994)
  • Duchess Pauline Philippa Adelheid Helena Marie (born London, 15 April 1997)
  • Duke Carl Theodor Philipp Maria Max Emanuel (born London, 15 June 1999)
  • Duchess Anna Maximiliana Elizabeth Mariella Marie (born Frankfurt, 2 February 2007)
• Duke Michael Heinrich Albert Alexander Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 1 December 1965), married in 2006 Julia Ricarda Storz born Munich, 4 April 1965)
• Duchess Eleonore Fleur Juanita Charlotte Eudoxie Marie-Agnès (born Altshausen, 4 November 1977), married in 2003 to count Moritz von Goëß (1966), with two children and expecting her third.

Works

• I.K.H. Diane Herzogin von Württemberg, Prinzessin von Frankreich ; Diane Herzogin vo Württemberg , Roger Orlik ; Sp-Verlag (2002) ISBN 3980787303
• Kunsthandwerk, Gemälde, Skulpturen ; Diane von Württemberg ; Ulm : Süddt. Verl.-Ges., 1991. ISBN 3882941650

Ancestry

References

• "Diane von Württemberg (70): Anpassungsfähig [Diane von Württemberg (70): Adapts easily]" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 2010-03-26. http://content.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/2433584_0_9223_-diane-von-wuerttemberg-70-anpassungsfaehig.html. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 

External links

• Personal web site

Media related to Diane von Württemberg at Wikimedia Commons

Diane, Duchess of Württemberg House of Orléans Born: 12 January 1979
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Archduchess Rosa of Austria	— TITULAR — Queen consort of Württemberg 17 April 1975 – present Reason for succession failure: Kingdom abolished in 1918	Incumbent
Preceded by Princess Maria Christina of Orléans-Braganza	— TITULAR — Petrópolis line of succession to the Brazilian throne Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1889	Succeeded by Princess Teresa Maria of Orléans-Braganza

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Name	Diane Of Wurttemberg, Duchess
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Date of birth	24 March 1940
Place of birth	Petrópolis
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