Micaela, Countess of Paris

Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León (30 April 1938 – 13 March 2022) was a Chilean-Spanish noblewoman and second wife of Henri, Count of Paris, Orléanist pretender to the French throne from 1999 until his death in 2019.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cousiño and the second or maternal family name is Quiñones de León.
Micaëla Cousiño y Quiñones de León
Countess of Paris
Consort of the Head of the House of Orléans
Tenure19 June 1999 – 21 January 2019
PredecessorPrincess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
SuccessorDoña Philomena de Tornos Steinhart
BornMicaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León
(1938-04-30)30 April 1938
Vichy, Allier, France
Died13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 83)
Paris, France
Spouse
Jean-Robert Bœuf
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(m. 1961; div. 1966)​

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(m. 1984; died 2019)​
IssueAlexis Bœuf
HouseOrléans (by marriage)
FatherLuis Maximiliano Cousiño y Sébire
MotherAntonia Quiñones de Léon y Bañuelos, 4th Marchioness of San Carlos
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Early life

Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León was born in Vichy, Allier, France, on 30 April 1938. She was the daughter of Luis Maximiliano Cousiño y Sébire, heir to one of the largest family fortunes of Chile, dating from the 18th century, and his wife, Antonia Quiñones de Léon y Bañuelos, 4th Marchioness of San Carlos, of the marquesses of Montevirgen.[1][2]

Career

Micaëla Cousiño started her career on the radio in France. Later, she worked for a press agency - a large advertising group both in Madrid and in Paris. From 1978 to May 1981, she became responsible for the communication of the minister and the senior directors at the cabinet of then government minister Raymond Barre. She also worked as an employee of the Cancer Research Association for a year in 1982.

Since the accession of her late husband as head of the Royal House of Orléans, she became involved with the family's activities and participated in many events together with other members of the family.

Marriages and children

Micaela Cousiño was married twice. Firstly she married civilly Jean-Robert Bœuf in 1961, with whom she had a child, Alexis Bœuf. Secondly, in 1984, she married Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, having had no offspring from this marriage.

Henri d'Orléans, then Count of Clermont, and Micaëla married civilly in 1984. This marriage was without the consent of Henri's father, then head of the House of Orléans, who initially declared Henri disinherited,[3] substituting the non-dynastic title Comte de Mortain for his son's Clermont countship (the latter once held in appanage by a son of Louis IX of France, who became ancestor of the Bourbon-Orléans line). Henri refused to acknowledge this title, but this act created a lasting division within the Orléans family.

Tensions lessened after several years, and on 7 March 1991 the Count of Paris reinstated Henri as heir apparent and Count of Clermont.[4]

Micaëla died on 13 March 2022 at the age of 83 in Paris.[5][6]

Ancestors

See also

References
  1. Montjouvent, Philippe de (1998). Éditions du Chaney (ed.). Le Comte de Paris et sa descendance. Charenton. pp. 170–202. ISBN 2-9132110-0-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal (2002). Éditions Le Petit Gotha (ed.). Le Petit Gotha. Paris. pp. 464, 989. ISBN 2-9507974-3-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Willis, Daniel (1999). Clearfield (ed.). "The Royal Family of France"The Descendants of Louis XIII. Baltimore. pp. 94–97, 806. ISBN 978-0-8063-4942-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Montjouvent (1998). Editions du Chaney. (ed.). Le Comte de Paris et sa Descendance. France. pp. 180–183, 193–195, 203–211. ISBN 978-2-913211-00-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. Fontaine, Nicolas (14 March 2022). "Décès de la princesse Micaela : la belle-mère du comte de Paris avait 83 ans". Histoires Royales. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. "Disparition de Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Micaela -". 14 March 2022.

Bibliography
  • Opfell, Olga S. (2001). "H.R.H. Henri, Count of Paris: Royal House of France House of Bourbon-Orleans". Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson. pp. 21–32.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Mallalieu, Huon (9 December 2015). "Art Market: Vive la Revolution!". Country Life: 88–89.
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