Micaela, Countess of Paris

Micaela Cousiño
Micaela Cousiño
Countess of Paris
Consort of the Orléanist pretender to the French throne
Pretendence	26 September 2009 – 21 January 2019
Born	Micaela Ana María del Pilar Cousiño; 30 April 1938; Vichy, Allier, France
Died	13 March 2022 (aged 83); Paris, France
Spouse	Jean-Robert Bœuf ; (m. 1961; div. 1966); Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris; (m. 1984; died 2019)
Issue	Alexis Bœuf
House	Orléans (by marriage)
Father	Luis Maximiliano Cousiño
Mother	Antonia Quiñones de Léon, 4th Marchioness of San Carlos
Religion	Catholicism

Micaela Ana María del Pilar Cousiño^[2] (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.

Early life

Micaela Ana María del Pilar Cousiño was born in Vichy, Allier, France, on 30 April 1938. She was the daughter of Luis Maximiliano Cousiño, heir to one of the largest family fortunes of Chile, dating from the 18th century, and his wife, Antonia Quiñones de Léon, 4th Marchioness of San Carlos, of the marquesses of Montevirgen.^[3]^[4]

Career

Micaela 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 son, 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 Micaela 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,^[5] 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.^[6]

Micaela died on 13 March 2022 at the age of 83 in Paris.^[7]^[8]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Micaela, Countess of Paris

8. Luis Cousiño Squella

4. Luis Alberto Cousiño Goyenechea

9. Isidora Goyenechea Gallo

2. Luis Maximiliano Cousiño Sébire

10. Amable François Sébire

5. Marie Louise Luisa Sébire Diot

11. Marie Diot

1. Micaela Ana María del Pilar Cousiño

12. Cayo Quiñones de León y Santalla

6. Fernando Juan José Quiñones de León y Francisco-Martín, 2nd Marquis of San Carlos

13. Ana de Francisco-Martín y Orrantia, 1st Marquise of San Carlos

3. Antonia María Micaela Quiñones de Leon y Bañuelos, 4th Marquise of San Carlos

14. Miguel de los Santos de Bañuelos y Travel, 1st Count of Bañuelos

7. Antonia de Bañuelos y Thorndyke, 2nd Countess of Bañuelos

15. Mary Adeline Thorndike

References

^ Though Micaela and Henri were married in 1884, the marriage ceremony had been a civil one, the brides of which have historically never been regard as Queen consorts of France
^ Acte de naissance n° 150 du 3 mai 1938, Cousiño, Micaela Ana María del Pilar. Mention n° 1 : « Légitimée par Luis Maximiliano Cousiño et Antonia María Micaela Quiñones de Léon, son épouse. Jugement rendu le 14 décembre 1955 par le tribunal civil de Cusset et transféré le 23 février 1956. L'officier de l'état civil. ».
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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.
^ "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.

Vacant Title last held by Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza	— TITULAR — Queen consort of France 26 September 2009 – 21 January 2019	Succeeded by Philomena de Tornos Steinhart

[1] Though Micaela and Henri were married in 1884, the marriage ceremony had been a civil one, the brides of which have historically never been regard as Queen consorts of France

[2] Acte de naissance n° 150 du 3 mai 1938, Cousiño, Micaela Ana María del Pilar. Mention n° 1 : « Légitimée par Luis Maximiliano Cousiño et Antonia María Micaela Quiñones de Léon, son épouse. Jugement rendu le 14 décembre 1955 par le tribunal civil de Cusset et transféré le 23 février 1956. L'officier de l'état civil. ».

[3] 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)

[4] 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)

[5] 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)

[6] 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)

[7] 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.

[8] "Disparition de Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Micaela -". 14 March 2022.

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v t e Princesses of Orléans by marriage
1st generation	Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Francisca of Brazil Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
2nd generation	Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Françoise of Orléans* Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria Infanta Eulalia of Spain
3rd generation	Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria Princess Isabelle of Orléans* Princess Henriette of Belgium Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Marie Constance Say**
4th generation	Isabelle, Countess of Paris
5th generation	Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg Micaela Cousiño**
6th generation	Philomena de Tornos Steinhart** Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval
* also a princess of Orléans in her own right ** did not belong by birth to a dynastic or titled noble family