Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris

Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d' Orléans ( Henri VII, born June 14, 1933 Woluwe -Saint -Pierre ) is since the death of his father in 1999, head of the House of Orleans and the pretender to the French throne. As such, he claimed the title Comte de Paris and Duc de France.

Biography

Henri is the son of Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d' Orléans and Isabelle d' Orléans - Bragance. According to his own statements, he followed the wishes of his father and General Charles de Gaulle when he married on 5 July 1957 at the age of 24 years, Marie Therese of Württemberg, a compound that France and Germany should be closer together. After Henri d' Orléans had lived for years separated from his wife, he was divorced in 1984 without the consent of his father and went on 31 October 1984 a second, except ecclesiastical marriage with Micaela Cousiño Quinones de Leon a.

His father, the Comte de Paris for monarchists ( Count of Paris ), the title of Comte de Clermont spoke to him from then, gave him the lower-ranking title of Comte de Mortain. In 1987 he was Henri's son, Jean, Duc de Vendôme the title and presented him as his successor. This decision he made a few years later undone. Henri d' Orléans regained its ancient rights, his second wife was the title of Princess of Joinville awarded.

Progeny

From closed on July 5, 1957 marriage to Marie Therese of Württemberg five children:

Awards

• Croix du Combattant
• Croix de la Valeur Militaire (1959 )
• Order of Danilo I of independence ( 2005)
• Chevalier de la Légion d' honneur (2009)