Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans

Prince Jacques of Orléans, Duke of Orléans, fils de France (Jacques Jean Jaroslaw Marie; born 25 June 1941 in Rabat, Morocco), is the son of Henri, Count of Paris (the Orléanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.

Prince Jacques
Duke of Orléans
Prince Jacques in 1971
Born (1941-06-25) 25 June 1941
Rabat, Morocco
SpouseGersende de Sabran-Pontevès
IssuePrincess Diane, Dowager Viscountess of Noailles
Prince Charles Louis, Duke of Chartres
Prince Foulques, Duke of Aumale and Count of Eu
Full name
Jacques Jean Jaroslaw Marie
HouseOrléans
FatherHenri, Count of Paris
MotherPrincess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
French royal family
Orléanist
  • HRH The Count of Paris
    HRH The Countess of Paris
    • HRH The Count of Clermont
    • HRH Prince Joseph
    • HRH Princess Antoinette
    • HRH Princess Louise-Marguerite
    • HRH Princess Jacinthe

Family

Prince Jaques married Gersende Thérèse Françoise de Sabran-Pontevès[1] on 3 August 1969 in Ansouis-Vaucluse. She was born on 29 July 1942 and is the daughter of Marie Joseph Elzéar Foulques, 7th Duke of Sabran-Pontevès and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallombrosa. Gersende also descends from James II of England through his illegitimate son, James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick, through her maternal grandfather's mother, Geneviève de Pérusse des Cars. Her maternal grandmother was a direct descendant, in the male line, of the Bonapartist Marshal Jean Lannes.

Children

Ancestors

References

  1. Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, Neva Editions, 2015, p.93-94. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  2. http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/les-40-ans-de-la-princesse-diane-dorleans-vicomtesse-de-noailles/
  3. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 25 June 1941
Preceded by
Prince Philippe d'Orléans
Line of succession to the French throne (Orléanist)
5th position
Succeeded by
Charles-Louis d'Orléans
Preceded by
Prince Philippe d'Orléans
Line of succession to the French throne (Legitimist)
87th position
Succeeded by
Charles-Louis d'Orléans


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