Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres

Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand d' Orléans, Duke of Chartres ( born November 9, 1840 in Paris, † December 5, 1910 in Saint Firmin ) was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe d' Orléans and grandson of King Louis Philippe. He participated on the part of the Northern states at the American Civil War and 1870, the Franco-German War. In 1863 he married in Kingston- on-Thames his cousin Françoise d' Orléans ( 1844-1925 ), the daughter of François d' Orléans.

In 1886 he was exiled.

Progeny

Robert d' Orléans had with his wife Françoise five children:

• Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène (1865-1909); ∞ 1885 Waldemar of Denmark, son of King Christian IX.
• Robert Louis Philippe François Marie Ferdinand (1866-1885)
• Henri Philippe Marie d' Orléans ( Henri ) ( 1867-1901 )
• Marguerite Louise Marie Françoise (1869-1940); ∞ 1896 Marie Armand Patrice de Macmahon, Duke of Magenta
• Jean Pierre Clément Marie d' Orléans, duc de Guise (1874-1940)

Works

• Histoire de la guerre civile en Amérique - 7 volumes. Paris: 1874-87

• Military person (France )
• House of Bourbon - Orléans
• Carrier of the elephant - Order
• Frenchman
• Born in 1840
• Died in 1910
• Man