Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)

Princess Françoise Marie Amélie of Orléans (14 August 1844 – 28 October 1925) was a member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.

Princess of Orléans

Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil).

Duchess of Chartres

On 11 June 1863 at Saint Raphael's Church in Kingston upon Thames, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin.

Issue

Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
Prince Robert of Orléans (1866–1885)
Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901)
Princess Marguerite of Orléans (1869–1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, son of Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
Prince Jean of Orléans (1874–1940), Duke of Guise, and Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as "Jean III", who, in 1899, married his first cousin Princess Isabelle of Orléans and had issue.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)

8. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

4. Louis Philippe I of France

9. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon

2. François, Prince of Joinville

10. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

5. Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

11. Maria Carolina of Austria

1. Françoise of Orléans

12. John VI of Portugal and Brazil

6. Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal

13. Carlota Joaquina of Spain

3. Princess Francisca of Brazil

14. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

7. Maria Leopoldina of Austria

15. Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

Bibliography

(in French) Dominique Paoli, Fortunes et infortunes des princes d'Orléans 1848-1918, Artena, Paris, 2006.
(in French) Jean-Charles Volkmann, Généalogie des rois et des princes, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris, 1998.

v t e Princesses of Orléans
Generations descend from Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, father of King Louis Philippe I of France
1st generation	Princess Adélaïde
2nd generation	Louise, Queen of the Belgians Marie, Duchess Alexander of Württemberg Clémentine, Princess August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3rd generation	Marguerite, Princess Władysław Czartoryski Princess Françoise, Duchess of Chartres Princess Marie Isabelle, Countess of Paris Princess Maria Amelia of Orléans Princess Marie Christine of Orléans Mercedes, Queen of Spain
4th generation	Amélie, Queen of Portugal Marguerite, Duchess of Magenta Princess Hélène, Duchess of Aosta Princess Isabelle, Duchess of Guise Louise, Princess Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavaria
5th generation	Isabelle, Princess Pierre Murat Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta Marie Louise, Princess Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
6th generation	Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria Diane, Duchess of Württemberg Claude, Duchess of Aosta
7th generation	Marie, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein

v t e Princesses of Orléans by marriage
1st generation	Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Francisca of Brazil Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
2nd generation	Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Françoise of Orléans* Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria Infanta Eulalia of Spain
3rd generation	Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria Princess Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Henriette of Belgium Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Marie Constance Say**
4th generation	Isabelle, Countess of Paris
5th generation	Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg Micaela Cousiño**
6th generation	Philomena de Tornos Steinhart** Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval
* also a princess of Orléans in her own right ** did not belong by birth to a dynastic or titled noble family

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