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Philippe d'Orléans Count of Paris, Louis Philippe Albert , Philippe VII King of the Frence (in exile), Prince Royal, Captain Philippe d'Orléans, Louis-Philippe II
Philippe d'Orléans was the grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. He was a claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death.
When Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, died in a carriage accedent 13 July 1842, his eldest son, Philippe became Prince Royal, heir-apparent to the throne of the King of the French. His grandfether Louis Philippe I, King of the French abdicated in 1848 and there was a minor effort to place Phillippe on the throne, under the name of Louis-Philippe II, with his mother, Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as regent. This was not successful, and Phillippe and his mother, fled, and the French Second Republic was proclaimed.
Phillippe volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War along with his younger brother, the Duke of Chartres. As Captain Philippe d'Orléans, the Count of Paris served on the staff of the commander of the Army of the Potomac under Major General George McClellan for nearly a year. He distinguished himself during the unsuccessful Peninsular Campaign. Phillippe was an historian, journalist and outspoken democrat. His history of the American Civil War is considered a standard reference work.
In 1864 he married his paternal first cousin Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans (1848–1919), Infanta of Spain. She was daughter of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain and Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824–1890), the youngest son of Louis-Philippe of France and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.
In 1873, anticipating a restoration of the monarchy by the largely monarchist National Assembly that had been elected following the fall of Napoleon III, the Count of Paris withdrew his claims to the French throne in favour of the legitimist claimant, Henri V, best known as the Comte de Chambord. It was assumed by most that the Count of Paris was Chambord's heir, and would thus be able to succeed to the throne upon the childless Chambord's death, reuniting the two claims that had divided French monarchists since 1830. However, Chambord's refusal to recognize the tricolor as the French flag sabotaged hopes of a restoration, and Chambord died in 1883 without ever specifically recognizing his Orléanist rival as his heir. Upon the Count of Chambord's death, the Count of Paris was recognized by most monarchists as Philippe VII of France. This succession was disputed by the Carlist descendants of the Bourbon kings of Spain, who argued that being descended directly from Louis XIV their claim was greater than that of the Orléanists'; however, this argument pointedly ignored Philip V of Spain's renunciation of his and his descendants' claim to the French throne pursuant to the Treaty of Utrecht. The Count of Paris lived in Sheen House, Sheen in Surrey, England, where his grandfather had sought refuge after his abdication.
(26 August 1850 – 8 September 1894)
Preceded by Louis-Philippe I
Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, roi des Français
Succeeded by Philippe VIII
Philippe d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans
(24 August 1883 – 8 September 1894)
Preceded by Henri V
Henri d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord
Succeeded by Philippe VIII
Philippe d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans
(13 July 1842 – 24 February 1848)
Preceded by Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Ferdinand Philippe, duc d'Orleans
Succeeded by Robert, Duke of Chartres
1838 |
August 24, 1838
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Palais des Tuileries, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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September 24, 1838
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Tuileries Palace, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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1865 |
September 28, 1865
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York House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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September 28, 1865
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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1869 |
February 6, 1869
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Clevedon, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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August 24, 1869
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York House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
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1871 |
June 13, 1871
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York House, Twickenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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June 13, 1871
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York, York, Anglie, United Kingdom
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1875 |
January 21, 1875
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
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