Prince Jean, Duke of Guise

Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise (Jean Pierre Clément Marie; 4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940), was the third son and youngest child of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910), grandson of Prince Ferdinand Philippe and great-grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. His mother was Françoise of Orléans, daughter of François, Prince of Joinville, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. He was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France as Jean III.

Prince Jean
Duke of Guise
Orléanist pretender to the French throne
Pretence28 March 1926 – 25 August 1940
PredecessorPrince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
SuccessorHenri, Count of Paris
Born(1874-09-04)4 September 1874
Paris, France
Died25 August 1940(1940-08-25) (aged 65)
Larache, Morocco, Spain
SpousePrincess Isabelle of Orléans
IssueIsabelle, Princess Pierre Murat
Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark
Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta
Prince Henri, Count of Paris
Names
Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Robert, Duke of Chartres
MotherPrincess Françoise of Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholic

Biography

In 1926 at the death of his cousin and brother-in-law Philippe, Duke of Orléans, claimant to the defunct throne of France as "Philip VIII", Jean was recognised by his Orléanist supporters as titular king of France with the name "Jean III".[1]

Jean was an amateur historian and archeologist, who lived with his family in a large farm near Rabat, Morocco. Following his "ascension" as Orléanist pretender, he and his eldest son were legally forbidden from ever entering France again, due to an 1886 edict which condemned the heads of Bourbon & Bonaparte dynasties, as well as their heirs apparent, to exile.[2]

Jean died in Larache, Morocco, in 1940. He was succeeded as Orléanist claimant to the defunct French throne by his only son, Henri d' Orléans, Count of Paris.

Marriage and issue
Left to right (standing): Bruno, Count of Harcourt, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Princess Anne of Orléans, & Princess Isabelle of Orléans. Left to right (seated): Henri, Count of Paris, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, & Prince Jean, Duke of Guise.

In 1899, Jean married his first cousin, Isabelle d'Orléans (1878–1961). She was the younger sister of Philip VIII, and the daughter of Philip VII and Marie Isabelle d'Orléans.

They had four children:

Ancestry

References
  1. "Duke of Guise claims throne". royalmusingsblogspotcom. Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. Fenyvesi, Charles (1979). Splendor in Exile: The Ex-Majesties of Europe. New Republic Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0915220557.
  3. "ADIEU MADAME". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.


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