Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

Marie Isabelle of Orléans
Countess of Paris
Photograph of Princess Marie Isabelle taken on her wedding day
Spouse	Philippe, Count of Paris
Issue
Amélie, Queen of Portugal Philippe, Duke of Orléans Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Louise, Infanta Carlos of Spain Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier
Full name
Maria Isabel Francisca de Asis Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaide Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina R de Orléans y Borbón (English: Maria Elizabeth Frances of Assisi Antonia Louisa Ferdinanda Christina Amelia Philippa Adelaide Josepha Helena Henrietta Caroline Justina R of Orléans and Bourbon)
House	House of Orléans
Father	Antoine d'Orléans
Mother	Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
Born	21 September 1848(1848-09-21) San Telmo Palace, Seville, Spain
Died	23 April 1919(1919-04-23) (aged 70) Palacio de Orléans, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain

Marie Isabelle of Orléans (Maria Isabel Francisca de Asis Antonia Luisa Fernanda Cristina Amelia Felipa Adelaide Josefa Elena Enriqueta Carolina Justina R; 21 September 1848 – 23 April 1919) was born an infanta of Spain and Princess of Orléans and was a Princess of Orléans and Countess of Paris by marriage.

Biography

She was born in Seville to Antoine d'Orléans and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. Antoine was the youngest son of Louis-Philippe I, the last King of France, and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. Infanta Luisa Fernanda was the daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain and her grandfather's fourth wife Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. All four of her grandparents and seven of her eight great-grandparents were members of the French Royal House of Bourbon.

Marriage and issue

On 30 May 1864, she married her cousin Philippe d'Orléans, claimant to the French throne as Philippe VII. They had eight children:

• Amélie d'Orléans, Princess of Orléans (1865–1951). She married Carlos I of Portugal in 1886.
• Prince Louis Philippe Robert d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans, Duke of Orléans (1869–1926). Married Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria daughter of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria in 1896,
• Hélène d'Orléans, Princess of Orléans (1871–1951). She married Emmanuel Philibert, 2nd Duke of Aosta in 1895.
• Charles d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans (1875–1875).
• Isabelle d'Orléans, Princess of Orléans (1878–1961). She married Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise in 1899.
• Jacques d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans (1880–1881).
• Louise d'Orléans, Princess of Orléans (1882–1958). She married Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1907. Through her daughter Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, she was the grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
• Ferdinand d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (1884–1924). He married Marie Isabelle Gonzales de Olañeta et Ibaretta, Marchioness of Valdeterrazo in 1921.

Forced to leave France, Marie Isabelle and her husband first lived in England, where her father Louis-Philippe I had lived after his abdication in 1848. In 1871 they were allowed to return to France, where they lived in the Hôtel Matignon in Paris and in the château d'Eu in Normandy.

In 1886, they were forced to leave France for a second time. In 1894, her husband died in exile at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. Marie Isabelle lived in the Randan château in France, and died in 1919 at her palace in Villamanrique de la Condesa, near Seville.

Royal styles of HRH the Countess of Paris
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles

France

• 21 September 1848 – 30 May 1864: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans, Infanta of Spain
• 30 May 1864 – 8 September 1894: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Paris
• 8 September 1894 – 23 April 1919: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Paris

Spain

• 21 September 1848 – 30 May 1864: Her Royal Highness Infanta María Isabel of Spain, Princess of Orléans
• 30 May 1864 – 8 September 1894: Her Royal Highness Infanta Maria Isabel, Countess of Paris
• 8 September 1894 – 23 April 1919: Her Royal Highness Infanta Maria Isabel, Dowager Countess of Paris

The Countess's complete style, after her marriage, was: Su Alteza Real la Serenísma y Egregia Señora Infanta Doña María Isabel de Orleans y Borbón, Condesa de París (in English: Her Royal Highness the Most Serene and Egregius Lady Infanta Doña María Isabel d'Orléans, Countess of Paris).

Ancestry

References

• Généalogie des rois et des princes by Jean-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)

External links

• Le château d'Eu musée Louis-Philippe The museum in the château d'Eu

Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans House of Orléans Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 21 September 1848 Died: 23 April 1919
Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily	— TITULAR — Queen Consort of the French 30 May 1864 –8 September 1894 Reason for succession failure: French Revolution of 1848	Succeeded by Maria Dorothea of Austria
Preceded by Maria Theresa of Austria-Este	— TITULAR — Queen consort of France and Navarre 24 August 1883 – 8 September 1894 Reason for succession failure: Dynasty deposed in 1830

See also

Persondata
Name	Marie Isabelle Of Orleans, Princess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	21 September 1848
Place of birth	San Telmo Palace, Seville, Spain
Date of death	23 April 1919
Place of death	Palacio de Orléans, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain