Prince Jean, Duke of Guise

Prince Jean
Duke of Guise
Born	(1874-09-04)4 September 1874 Paris, France
Died	25 August 1940(1940-08-25) (aged 65) Larache, Morocco
Spouse	Princess Isabelle of Orléans
Issue	Isabelle, Countess of Harcourt Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark Anne, Duchess of Aosta Henri, Count of Paris
Names Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans
House	Orléans
Father	Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
Mother	Princess Françoise of Orléans
Religion	Roman Catholic

Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise (Jean Pierre Clément Marie; 4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940), was the son of Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910), grandson of 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.

Biography

Upon the death of his cousin Philippe of Orléans, Duke of Orléans, claimant to the throne of France as "Philip VIII", the Duke of Guise became, at least for his Orleanist supporters, titular king of France as "Jean III". The title was disputed by members of the Spanish Anjou branch of the family, descended from Louis XIV.

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

Marriage and issue

In 1899, Jean d'Orléans married his 1st cousin Isabelle d'Orléans (1878–1961). Isabelle was the younger sister of Philip VIII and daughter of Philip VII and Marie Isabelle d'Orléans.

They had four children:

• Isabelle d'Orléans (1900–1983). First married in 1923 to Marie Hervé Jean Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) and then to Prince Pierre Murat in 1934.
• Françoise d'Orléans (1902–1953). Married to Christopher of Greece and Denmark in 1929. He was a son of George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece. They were parents of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.
• Anne d'Orléans (1906–1986). She married Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta in 1927.
• Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1908–1999). Married to Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.

Titles

• (4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940) His Royal Highness The Duke of Guise, Prince of Orléans.

Ancestry

Family of Prince Jean, Duke of Guise

16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 8. Louis-Philippe I of France 17. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon 4. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans 18. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 9. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies 19. Maria Carolina of Austria 2. Robert d'Orléans 20. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 10. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 21. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 5. Hélène of Meklenburg-Schwerin 22. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 11. Karoline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 23. Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise 24. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 12. Louis-Philippe I of France 25. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon 6. François d'Orléans 26. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 13. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies 27. Maria Carolina of Austria 3. Françoise of Orléans 28. John VI of Portugal 14. Pedro I of Brazil 29. Charlotte of Spain 7. Francisca of Brazil 30. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor 15. Maria Leopoldina of Austria 31. Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily