Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925)

This article is about the duchess consort of Chartres. For her granddaughter and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, see Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902–1953).

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.

Françoise of Orléans
Duchess of Chartres
Born	(1844-08-14)14 August 1844 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died	28 October 1925(1925-10-28) (aged 81) Château de Saint-Firmin, France
Burial	Chapelle royale de Dreux
Spouse	Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres ​ ​ (m. 1863; died 1910)​
Issue	Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark Prince Robert Prince Henri Marguerite, Duchess of Magenta Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
Names Françoise Marie Amélie d'Orléans
House	Orléans
Father	François, Prince of Joinville
Mother	Francisca of Brazil
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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

The Duchess of Chartres and her husband

1. Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
2. Prince Robert of Orléans (1866–1885)
3. Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901)
4. 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.
5. 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.