Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Diane
Duchess of Württemberg
Born	(1940-03-24) 24 March 1940 Petrópolis
Spouse	Carl, Duke of Württemberg
Issue	Duke Friedrich of Württemberg Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg Duke Eberhard of Württemberg Duke Phillipp of Württemberg Duke Michael of Württemberg Duchess Fleur of Württemberg
Full name Diane Françoise Maria da Gloria
House	Orléans
Father	Henri, Count of Paris
Mother	Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza

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, Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), and his wife, 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 :

• Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (b. 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 (b. Ravensburg, 13 August 1994)
  • Duchess Marie-Amelie Diane Katherine Beatrix Philippa Sophie (b. Ravensburg, 11 March 1996)
  • Duchess Sophie-Dorothea Martina Johanna Henriette Charitas Maria (b. Ravensburg, 19 August 1997)
• Duchess Mathilde Marie-Antoinette Rosa Isabelle (b. Friedrichshafen, 11 July 1962), married in 1988 to Hereditary Count Erich of von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1962), with five daughters.
  • Countess Marie-Thérèse Walburga Gabrielle Diana Georgina Franziska (b. Memmingen, 5 October 1989).
  • Countess Maria Elisabeth Walburga Apollonia Alexandra Friederike (b. Ravensburg, 31 December 1990).
  • Countess Marie Charlotte Walburga Antonia Adelheid Viktoria Henriette (b. Ravensburg, 10 May 1992).
  • Countess Marie Hélène Walburga Yolande Christiana Michaela (b. Ravensburg, 29 November 1993)
  • Countess Marie Gabrielle Walburga Angelika Antonia Friederike Fleur (b. Ravensburg, 29 November 1996).
• Duke Eberhard Alois Nikolaus Heinrich Johannes Maria (born 20 June 1963 in Friedrichshafen), married in 2011 to Lucia Désirée Copf (born 29 December 1969) with one son:
  • Duke Alexander (born January 2010)
• Duke Phillipp Albrecht Christoph Ulrich Maria (b. Friedrichshafen, 1 November 1964), married in 1991 to Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria:
  • Duchess Sophie Anastasia Assunta Marie Pauline (b. Munich, 15 January 1994)
  • Duchess Pauline Philippa Adelheid Helena Marie (b. London, 15 April 1997)
  • Duke Carl Theodor Philipp Maria Max Emanuel (b. London, 15 June 1999)
  • Duchess Anna Maximiliana Elizabeth Mariella Marie (b. Frankfurt, 2 February 2007)
• Duke Michael Heinrich Albert Alexander Maria (b. Friedrichshafen, 1 December 1965), married in 2006 Julia Ricarda Storz (b. Munich, 4 April 1965)
• Duchess Eleonore Fleur Juanita Charlotte Eudoxie Marie-Agnès (b. Altshausen, 4 November 1977), married in 2003 to Count Moritz von Goëß (1966), with three children:
  • Count Zeno Carl Philipp Alfonso Maria von Goëss (b. Vienna, 30 October 2004)
  • Countess Flaminia von Goëss (b. 25 February 2006)
  • Countess Livia von Goëss (b. July 2010)

King Juan Carlos I of Spain is Duchess Fleur's godfather.

Works

• I.K.H. Diane Herzogin von Württemberg, Prinzessin von Frankreich ; Diane Herzogin vo Württemberg, Roger Orlik ; Sp-Verlag (2002) ISBN 3-9807873-0-3
• Kunsthandwerk, Gemälde, Skulpturen ; Diane von Württemberg ; Ulm : Süddt. Verl.-Ges., 1991. ISBN 3-88294-165-0

Ancestry

Family of Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

16. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (=20)               8. Robert, Duke of Chartres                       17. Duchess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (=21)               4. Jean, Duke of Guise                             18. François, Prince of Joinville               9. Princess Françoise of Orléans                       19. Princess Francisca of Brazil               2. Henri, Count of Paris                                   20. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (=16)               10. Philippe, Count of Paris                       21. Duchess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (=17)               5. Princess Isabelle of Orléans                             22. Antoine, Duke of Montpensier               11. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans                       23. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain               1. Diane d'Orléans, Duchess of Wurttemberg                                         24. Louis, Duke of Nemours               12. Gaston, Count of Eu                       25. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               6. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza                             26. Pedro II of Brazil               13. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil                       27. Teresa of the Two Sicilies               3. Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza                                   28. Count John Nepomuk Dobrzensky               14. Count John Dobrzensky                       29. Baroness Maria Friederike Wanczura               7. Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz                             30. Count Joseph Kottulinsky               15. Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky                       31. Countess Adelaide von Attems

External links

• Personal web site

Media related to 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