Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1900–1983)

Isabelle Helene Françoise Marie d' Orléans, ( born November 27, 1900 in Paris, † 12 December 1983 in Neuilly, near Paris ) was the daughter of the French pretender Jean Pierre Clément Marie d' Orléans, duc de Guise.

Life

Isabella Marie Françoise Helene was the eldest daughter of the French pretender to the throne of the House of Orleans, Jean Pierre Clément Marie d' Orléans, and his wife Isabelle d' Orléans ( 1878-1961 ).

On September 15, 1923, she married Bruno d' Harcourt ( 1899-1930 ), the son of Eugene d' Harcourt and Armande de Pierre de Bernis. The couple had four children: Bernard (1925-1958), Gilone (* 1927), Isabelle ( 1927-1993 ) and Monique ( * 1929).

Isabelle's husband Bruno took part in car races as a driver. In a test drive on the race track in Casablanca he crashed his Bugatti. A few days later, on April 19, 1930, he succumbed to his injuries. After Bruno's death, Isabelle married on December 12, 1934 Pierre Murat ( 1900-1948 ). Isabelle died on 12 December 1983 in Neuilly in Paris at the age of 83 years.