Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)

Princess Isabelle
Duchess of Guise
Born	(1878-05-07)7 May 1878 Eu, France
Died	Larache, Morocco
Spouse	Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
Issue	Princess Isabelle, Countess of Harcourt Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta Prince Henri, Count of Paris
Full name Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande d'Orléans
House	Orléans
Father	Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
Mother	Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain
Religion	Roman Catholic

Princess Isabelle of Orléans (Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande; 7 May 1878 – 21 April 1961) was a member of the French Orleanist royal family and by marriage Duchess of Guise.

She was born at Eu, France, the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain.

Biography

Marriage and issue

She married, at Twickenham, on 30 October 1899, her first cousin Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874–1940). Jean was the son of prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910) and Françoise d'Orléans (1844–1925).

Upon the death of his cousin Philippe of Orléans, Duke of Orléans, claimant to the throne of France as "Philip VIII", the Duke of Guise became, at least for his Orleanist supporters, titular king of France as "Jean III". The title was disputed by members of the Spanish Anjou branch of the family, descended from Louis XIV.

They had four children:

• Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1900–1983). First married in 1923 to Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) and then to Pierre Murat, Prince Murat in 1934.
• Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902–1953). Married to Prince Christopher of Greece in 1929. He was a son of King George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece. They were parents of Prince Michael of Greece.
• Princess Anne of Orléans (1906–1986). She married Amadeo de Savoie-Aoste, 3rd Duke of Aoste in 1927).
• Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999). He married Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza in 1931.

Princess Isabelle died in Larache, Morocco.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)

16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans               8. Louis Philippe I, King of the French                       17. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon               4. Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans                             18. Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies               9. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily                       19. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria               2. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris                                   20. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               10. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       21. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg               5. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             22. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach               11. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach                       23. Landgravine Louise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt               1. Princess Isabelle of Orléans                                         24. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (= 16)               12. Louis Philippe I, King of the French (= 8)                       25. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (= 17)               6. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier                             26. Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (= 18)               13. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (= 9)                       27. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 19)               3. Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans                                   28. Charles IV, King of Spain               14. Ferdinand VII, King of Spain                       29. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma               7. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain                             30. Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies               15. Princess Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies                       31. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain