Françoise Marie of Orléans (August 14, 1844, Neuilly-sur-Seine - Château de Saint-Firmin, 1925) , Duchess of Chartres, was a French princess of the House of Orléans.

[edit] Family

She was the daughter of François of Orléans, prince de Joinville (son of Louis-Philippe of France), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of emperor Peter I of Brazil).

On June 11, 1863, in Kingston-on-Thames, England, she married her first cousin Robert of Orléans, Duke of Chartres. They had 5 children:

• Princess Marie of Orléans, who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, son of king Christian IX of Denmark. (1865–1909)
• Prince Robert of Orléans; (1866-1885);
• Prince Henri of Orléans (1867-1901);
• Princess Marguerite of Orléans (1869-1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
• Prince Jean of Orléans (1874-1940), "duc de Guise", and Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as "Jean III", who in 1899 married his first cousin Isabelle d'Orléans (1878-1961), daughter of Philippe, comte de Paris.

[edit] Bibliography

• (French) Dominique Paoli, Fortunes et infortunes des princes d'Orléans 1848-1918, Artena, Paris, 2006.
• (French) Jean-Charles Volkmann, Généalogie des rois et des princes, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris, 1998.

v • d • e Princesses of Orléans The first generation are the children of Gaston d'Orléans, son of Henri IV; the second is from Philippe de France, son of Louis XIII; 1st Generation Anne Marie Louise, Duchess of Montpensier · Marguerite Louise, Grand Duchess of Tuscany · Élisabeth Marguerite, Duchess of Alençon and Angôuleme · Françoise Madeleine, Duchess of Savoy · Princess Marie Anne 2nd Generation Marie Louise, Queen of Spain · Anne Marie, Queen of Sardinia · Élisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Lorraine 3rd Generation Mademoiselle de Valois  · Marie Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry · Louise Adélaïde, Abbess of Chelles · Charlotte Aglaé, Duchess of Modena and Reggio · Louise Élisabeth, Queen of Spain · Princess Philippine Élisabeth · Louise Diane, Princess of Conti 4th Generation Princess Louise Marie 5th Generation Mademoiselle d'Orléans  · Bathilde, Princess of Condé 6th Generation Princess Françoise  · Princess Adélaïde 7th Generation Marie Louise, Queen of the Belgians · Marie, Duchess of Württemberg · Princess Françoise · Clémentine, Princess of Kohary 8th Generation Marguerite Adelaide, Princess Czartoryska · Princess Blanche · Françoise, Duchess of Chartres · Maria Isabella, Countess of Paris · Princess Amalia · Princess Cristina · Princess Maria de la Regla · Mercedes, Queen of Spain 9th Generation Amélie, Queen of Portugal · Hélène, Duchess of Aosta · Isabelle, Duchess of Guise · Louise, Princess Carlos of the Two Sicilies · Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark · Margherite, Duchess of Magenta · Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavaria 10th Generation Isabelle, Princess Pierre Murat · Françoise, Princess Cristopher of Greece and Denmark · Anne, Duchess of Aosta · Marie Louise, Princess Philip of the Two Sicilies · Princess Sophie · Genieviève, Marchioness of Chaponay 11th Generation Isabelle, Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim · Hélène, Countess Evrard of Limburg-Stirum · Anne, Duchess of Calabria · Diane, Duchess of Württemberg · Claude, Duchess of Aosta · Chantal, Baroness François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue · Gerarda, Marchioness of Marchelina · Beatriz, Countess Tomasso Farini 12th Generation Isabelle, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein · Princess Blanche  · Princess Clothilde, Mrs. Edouard Crépy · Princess Adélaïde, Mrs. Pierre-Louis Dailly · Diane, Viscountess Alexander of Noailles · Princess Pilar, Mrs. Nicholas Henderson-Stewart · Princess Eulalia 13th Generation Princess Thérèse Isabelle · Princess Louise Marie · Princesse Hélène · Princess Isabelle

v • d • e Princesses of Orléans by marriage 1st Generation none 2nd Generation Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, "Mademoiselle de Blois" 3rd Generation Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden 4th Generation Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchess of Étampes, "Mademoiselle de Conti" 5th Generation Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Penthièvre" 6th Generation Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies 7th Generation Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin · Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Infanta Francisca of Brazil  · Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies · Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain 8th Generation Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans* · Princess Françoise d'Orléans* · Infanta Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil · Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria · Infanta Eulalia of Spain 9th Generation Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria · Isabella, Marchioness of Valdeterrazo · Princess Isabelle d'Orléans* · Princess Henriette of Belgium · Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Marie Constance Say** 10th Generation Princess Isabel of Orléans-Branganza · Carla Parodi-Delfino** 11th Generation Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg · Micaela Cousiño** · Beatrice de Pasquier de Franclieu** · Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves** · Marion Gordon-Orr** · Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli** · Giovanna San Martino d'Aglie di San Germano** · Antonella Rendina** 12th Generation Philomena de Tornos** · Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot** · Diana, Duchess of Cadaval · Ileana Manos** · Véronique Goeders** · Anne Laure van Exter** · Guadalupe Solís** *also a princess of Orléans in her own right **did not have a royal or noble title by birth