Emmanuel d'Orléans

Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d'Orléans, duc de Vendôme (Obermais or Merano, 18 January 1872 - Cannes, 1 February 1931) was a French noble from the House of Orléans.

Philippe Emanuel was a son of Ferdinand Philippe Marie, duc d'Alençon and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria.

He married on 12 February, 1896 in Brussels with Princess Henriette of Belgium, daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837–1905) and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912). King Albert I of Belgium was his brother-in-law.

They had four children:
*Princess Marie Louise (31 December 1897–8 March 1973)
*Princess Sophie (19 October 1898 - 9 October 1928)
*Princess Geneviève (21 September 1901 - 1983)
*Prince Charles Philippe (4 April 1905–10 March 1970)

The couple led a life of luxury and had many estates in Belgium, France and Switzerland. The tide changed after World War I, when their fortune diminished rapidly and they were forced to sell some of their properties. Philippe died unexpectedly in 1931 from heart failure after catching a cold. He is buried in the Chapelle Royale de Saint Louis, in Dreux.

External links

* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/france.html Royal House of France]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/belgium.html Royal House of Belgium]