Heinrich of Orleans (1933–2019)

The eldest son of Prince Heinrich of Orleans (1908–1999), Count of Paris, and Princess Isabella of Orleans-Bragança (1911–2003).

Born in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in Belgium . In 1886, a law was passed in France prohibiting the heirs of the French dynasties who had previously ruled, to be in the territory of the republic. In 1950, this law was repealed, but Henri d'Orleans received permission to enter France back in 1948 with the special permission of French President Vincent Auriol .

August 25, 1940, died the grandfather of Henry - 65-year-old Jean Orleans, Duke de Guise . His father, Henry of Orleans, was recognized by most French royalists as head of the French royal house, and Henri became the Dauphin (heir to the throne).

He studied at the Institute for Political Studies in (Paris) , then served in the army. Participated in the Algerian War ( 1954 - 1962 ).

June 30, 1957 received from his father the title of Count de Clermont .

Died on January 21, 2019 ^[1] .

•   Order of the Legion of Honor (2009)
•   Cross of Military Valor (1959)
•   Cross of Combatant
•   Colonial Medal
•   Order of Prince Daniel I (2005)

On July 5, 1957, in the chapel of Saint Louis in the town of Dren, Heinrich of Orleans married the Grand Duchess Maria Theresa of Württemberg (born November 12, 1934 ), the fourth daughter of Duke Philip Albrecht of Württemberg ( 1893-1975 ) and the Herzhergothy Rosa of Austria ( 1906 - Heritage - 1906 - Herth Herbert Rosary of Austria ). The couple had five children:

• Princess Marie Isabel Margaret Anna Genevieve Orleans (born January 3, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt ), wife since 1989 of Prince Gundakar Albert Alfred Peter Lichtenstein (born April 1, 1949)
  • Princess Leopoldina Eleonora Maria Teresa Liechtenstein (born June 27, 1990)
  • Princess Maria Immakulata Elizabeth Rose Adelgunda Liechtenstein (born December 15, 1991)
  • Prince Johann Wenzel Carl Emmeran Bonifacius Maria Liechtenstein (born March 17, 1993)
  • Princess Margaret Francis Daria Wilhelmina Maria Lichtenstein (born January 10, 1995)
  • Prince Gabriel Carl Bonaventura Alfred Valerian Maria Liechtenstein (born May 6, 1998)
• Prince Francois Henri Louis Marie of Orleans (February 7, 1961, Boulogne-Billancourt - December 30, 2017), Comte de Clermont
• Princess Blanche Elizabeth Rose Marie Orleans (born September 10, 1963, Ravensburg ), Mademoiselle de Valois
• Prince Jean Charles Pierre Marie of Orleans (born May 19, 1965, Boulogne-Billancourt ), Duke of Vendome and Dauphin of Vienne. Married since March 19, 2009 to Filomene de Tornos and Steinhart (born June 19, 1977). Religious ceremony was held at Senlis Cathedral on May 2, 2009. Spouses have four children:
  • Prince Gaston Louis Antoine Marie Orleans (born November 19, 2009)
  • Princess Antoinette Leopoldina Jeanne Marie of Orleans (born January 28, 2012)
  • Princess Louise-Margarita Eleonora Maria of Orleans (born July 30, 2014)
  • Prince Joseph Gabriel David Marie of Orleans (born June 2, 2016 , Dreux ).
• Prince Ed Thibault Joseph Marie of Orleans (born March 18, 1968, Paris ), Duke of Angouleme. Married from June 19, 1999 to Marie-Lisa Claude Anne Roland de Rohan-Chabot (born June 29, 1969). The church ceremony took place on July 10, 1999 in Anthren. Spouses have two children:
  • Princess Teresa Isabelle Maria Eleonora de Orleans (born April 23, 2001)
  • Prince Pierre Jean-Marie of Orleans (born August 6, 2003)

Marriage was unhappy. In 1984, Heinrich and Maria Theresa received a civil divorce. But the Roman Catholic Church refused to recognize the marriage as invalid.

On October 31 of the same year in Bordeaux, Heinrich again married Spanish noblewoman Micaele Anna Maria Kousinho and Quinones de Leon (born April 30, 1938 ), daughters of Luis Cousigno and Sebire and Dona Antonia Maria Quinones de Leon and Banyuelos, 4th Marquise de San -Carlos This civil marriage was not recognized by a number of French royalists. Heinrich's father was angry, he deprived his son of the title of Count de Clermont, and in return gave him the less important title of Count de Morten. Marie-Therese, the former Countess of Clermont, received from the former father-in-law the title of Duchess de Montpensier.

Later, the tension between father and son weakened, the father restored Heinrich as his heir and granted his second wife, Michaela, the title of "Princess de Joinville". The relationship between Heinrich and his ex-wife, the duchess de Montpensier, also improved and became warm.

Although Heinrich of Orleans, after the death in 1999 of his father, assumed the title of Count of Paris, his second wife, Michaela, remained the princess de Joinville during the life of his mother, who remained the Countess of Paris. After the death of Isabella Orleans-Bragança in 2003, Michaela assumed the title of Countess of Paris.

In 2009, Heinrich, Earl of Paris, and his former wife, the Duchess de Montpensier, were able to get the Vatican to annul their church marriage without affecting the status and legitimacy of their children. In September 2009, Count Heinrich of Paris married a Roman Catholic rite to his second wife, Michaela. ^[2]

In an attempt to establish his legal rights as head of the Royal House of France, Heinrich of Orleans conducted an unsuccessful legal process ( 1987 - 1989 ) against his rival Louis-Alphonse, duke of Anjou , for the right to use the royal coat of arms. A French court found that it did not have jurisdiction to try this case, and dismissed the lawsuit.

Heinrich of Orleans created the Institute of the French Royal House (Institut de la maison royale de France), and after the death of his father he became the head of the Saint Louis Foundation (Le Saint-Louis) and became its honorary president.

In 2004, he unsuccessfully participated in the elections to the European Parliament. In early October 2005, Heinrich Orleans in an interview with the weekly “Point de Vue” denied that he allegedly planned to take part in the 2007 French presidential election. As he explained, it was just a journalistic misunderstanding.

June 19, 1999 after the death of his father Heinrich of Orleans, Count of Paris, Heinrich became the new head of the French royal house (according to his supporters). He became known as the "Count of Paris and the Duke of France." He claimed that he took the title of duke of France as heir to Hugh Capet and his descendants, the kings of France. His second wife, Michaela, after the death of Isabella Orleans-Bragançs, the mother of Heinrich, in July 2003 , became known as the Duchess of France.

After the death of his father, Heinrich reversed his decision to deprive the legacy of his younger brothers Michel, Count Evre, and Thibault, Count la Marsh. Michel Orleans married a noble woman who had no royal blood, and Tibo Orleans married a commoner. Heinrich also granted titles to his younger brother and nephews. His younger brother Jacques (born 1941 ) was given the title Duke of Orleans, Charles-Louis (born 1972 ) became the Duke of Chartres, and Fulk (born 1974 ) became the Duke of Omal and Count E.

Heinrich of Orleans, Count of Paris, declared Dauphin to be the title of Earl of Clermont of his eldest son Francois , who suffers from toxoplasmosis , with the regency of his middle son Jean, Duke of Vendome . In 2006, Francois officially renounced the title of Dauphin, and Heinrich appointed the Duke of Vendome as dauphin.

Prince Heinrich of Orleans is the author of several books:

• À mes fils (1989) ISBN 978-2-226-03907-1
• Adresse au futur chef d'état (1994) ISBN 978-2-207-24291-9
• Désolé, Altesse, c'est mon jour de sortie (1994) ISBN 2-84098-023-1
• La France survivra-t-elle l'an 2000 (1997) ISBN 978-2-84191-052-6
• Le passeur de miroir (2000) ISBN 2-84592-008-3
• La France à bout de bras (2002) ISBN 2-84049-323-3
• L'histoire en héritage (2003) ISBN 978-2-84734-133-1

Heinrich of Orleans was also an artist and launched his own brand of perfumes. In addition, in 2004 he participated in the election of deputies to the European Parliament, but was not elected.

In 2011, he attended the wedding ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Lynette Wittstock ^[3] .

The last years of his life Henry of Orleans lived in Paris , and spent his summer, as a rule, in his estate on the Balearic Islands .

• June 14, 1933 - August 25, 1940 - His Royal Highness Prince Heinrich of Orleans, son of France
• August 25, 1940 - June 30, 1957 - His Royal Highness the Dauphin of France
• June 30, 1957 - October 31, 1984 - His Royal Highness the Dauphin of France, Comte de Clermont
• October 31, 1984 - October 31, 1990 - His Royal Highness the Comte de Morten, Dauphin of France
• October 31, 1990 - June 19, 1999 - His Royal Highness the Dauphin of France, Comte de Clermont
• June 19, 1999 - January 21, 2019 - Monsignor Count of Paris, Duke of France

• List of applicants for the French throne

• Opfell, Olga S. "HRH Henri, Count of Paris: House of Bourbon-Orleans," Whosteed Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2001. 21-32.