Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869–1926)

Louis Philippe Robert d'Orléans, duc d' Orléans ( Call Name: Philippe ) ( born February 6, 1869 in Twickenham, † March 28, 1926 in Palermo ) was a member of the House of Orléans.

Life

Louis Philippe d'Orléans Robert was the son of Louis Philippe Albert d' Orléans, comte de Paris and his wife Maria Isabella d' Orléans - Montpensier and great-grandson of the last French king Louis -Philippe.

He was as Philip VIII pretender to the French throne and was considered for the followers of the Orléans - Bourbon as the rightful successor to King Louis- Philippe.

Philippe married on November 5, 1896 in Vienna, the Archduchess Maria Dorothea of ​​Austria (* June 14, 1867, † April 6, 1932 ), a great-granddaughter of Emperor Leopold II of Austria. This marriage remained childless.