Prince Michel, Count of Évreux

Prince Michel, Count of Évreux

Prince Michel of Orléans, Fils de France, Count of Évreux (Michel Joseph Benoît Marie; born 25 June 1941, Rabat, Morocco) is the son of the late Prince Henri, Count of Paris (the Orleanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. He is styled as the Count of Évreux.

Background

Raised in exile as one of the eleven children of the French pretender, his family re-patriated to France in 1950 after the law of banishment against former French dynasties was repealed. He received an academic education appropriate for his rank and earned a university degree studying mathematics, chemistry and physics,^[1] did not find occasion to maintain a career.^[2]

Family

French Royal Family Orléanist

HRH The Count of Paris HRH The Countess of Paris HRH Princess Marie Isabelle HRH The Count of Clermont HRH Princess Blanche HRH The Duke of Vendôme HRH The Duchess of Vendôme HRH Prince Gaston HRH The Duke of Angoulême HRH The Duchess of Angoulême HRH Princess Thérèse HRH Prince Pierre Extended royal family HRH The Duchess of Montpensier HRH The Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim HRH Princess Hélène HRH The Duchess of Calabria HRH The Duchess of Württemberg HRH The Count of Évreux HRH The Countess of Évreux HRH Princess Clothilde HRH Princess Adélaïde HRH The Duke of Anjou HRH The Duchess of Cadaval HRH Prince François HRH The Duke of Orléans HRH The Duchess of Orléans HRH Princess Diane HRH The Duke of Chartres HRH The Duchess of Chartres HRH The Duke of Valois HRH Princess Louise HRH Princess Hélène HRH Prince Constantin HRH Princess Isabelle HRH The Duke of Aumale HRH Princess Claude HRH Princess Chantal HRH The Count of La Marche

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He was dating Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark when he met Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu,^[2] whom he married on 18 November 1967 in Casablanca, Morocco, without his father's consent.^[3] Born Béatrice Marie Guillemine Huguette in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 24 October 1941, the daughter of Bruno Marie Emilien Pasquier de Franclieu (Lyon, 4 March 1914 - Paris, 15 September 1944) of a noble family, and his wife Jacqueline Françoise Marie Thérèse Irène Térisse (Rambouillet, 7 September 1918 - 2006) who had married in Lormes on 29 April 1938.

The marriage was not regarded as dynastic, nor were his wife and children accorded traditional Orléanist royal titles. On 10 December 1976, Béatrice was allowed by her father-in-law to share ad personam her husband's style, viz., "Her Royal Highness Princess Michel of Orléans, comtesse d'Evreux".^[4] Subsequent to the accession as head of the House of Orléans and pretender by his brother Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France in 1999, his wife and children were recognized as fully dynastic members of the royal house^[3] with commensurate styles and titles.

The family lived in Morocco, Germany and England. Their children attained adulthood in Spain. According to the prince's wife, her work as a fashion consultant for Women's Wear Daily and Dior, combined with her husband's lack of a career, imposed strains upon the marriage.^[1] Michel and Beatrice were separated in 1994 and he left their home,^[1] although there were no plans to terminate the marriage.^[2] They had four children (and several grandchildren):^[2]

• Princess Clotilde Jacqueline Charlotte Marie d'Orléans 4 December 1968
• Princess Adélaïde Jeanne Marie d'Orléans b. 11 September 1971
• Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou b. 3 March 1973
• Prince François Charles Frédéric Bruno Marie d'Orléans b. 10 February 1982

Ancestors

16. Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (=20)

8. Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres

17. Duchess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (=21)

4. Prince Jean, Duke of Guise

18. Prince François, Prince of Joinville

9. Princess Françoise d'Orléans

19. Princess Francisca of Brazil

2. Prince Henri, Count of Paris

20. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (=16)

10. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

21. Duchess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (=17)

5. Princess Isabelle d'Orléans

22. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier

11. Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans

23. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

1. Prince Michel d'Orléans, comte d'Evreux

24. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours

12. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu

25. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary

6. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza

26. Pedro II of Brazil

13. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

27. Teresa of the Two Sicilies

3. Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza

28. Count John Nepomuk Dobrzensky

14. Count John Dobrzensky

29. Baroness Maria Friederike Wanczura

7. Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz

30. Count Joseph Kottulinsky

15. Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky

31. Countess Adelaide von Attems

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Perales, Marisa. Beatriz de Orléans, Tiempo. 5/1/2009.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Herrero, Nieves. Beatriz de Orleans, El Mundo Magazine. 4/10/2009
3. ^ ^{a b} Velde, Francois. The Royal Family: A Genealogy, Heraldica.org, accessed 12/10/2009
4. ^ Montjouvent, Philippe de. Le comte de Paris et sa descendance. Du Chaney Eds. Paris, 1998, p. 307. ISBN 2913211003

External links

• Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France official website: Institut de la Maison Royale de France

Prince Michel, Count of Évreux House of Orléans Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 25 June 1941
Preceded by Prince Foulques, Duke of Aumale	Line of succession to the French throne (Orléanist)	Succeeded by Charles-Philippe d'Orléans

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