Antoine d'Orléans (1824-1890)
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| Duke of Montpensier | |||||
| Predecessor | Prince Antoine Philippe d'Orléans | ||||
| Successor | Prince Ferdinand d'Orléans | ||||
| Born |
31 July 1824 Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
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| Died | 4 February 1890 (aged 65) Palacio de Orléans-Borbón, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain |
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| Burial |
8 February 1890 Infantes Pantheon, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
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| Spouse | Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain | ||||
| Issue among others... |
Infanta María Isabel, Countess of Paris Infanta María Cristina María de las Mercedes, Queen of Spain Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera |
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Louis-Philippe of France | ||||
| Mother | Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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French: Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans Spanish: Antonio María Felipe Luis de Orleans |
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Royal styles of HRH The Duke of Montpensier |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Antoine d'Orléans (Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans; 31 July 1824 – 4 February 1890) was a member of the French royal family in the House of Orléans. He was the youngest son of King Louis Philippe of France and his wife Maria Amelia Teresa of the Two Sicilies. He was styled as the Duke of Montpensier. He was born on 31 July 1824 at the château de Neuilly and died 4 February 1890 at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.
On 10 October 1846 at Madrid, Spain, he married Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, the daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain and his wife Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.
They had ten children:
Antoine de Montpensier lived in Spain from 1848 when he and his family had to leave France after the Revolution of 1848. During the Spanish revolution of 1868, he supported the insurgents under Juan Prim against Queen Isabella II of Spain, his own sister-in-law.
In 1870 he fought a duel against Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, the brother of Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and killed him. Antoine was convicted and sentenced to one month in prison.
On 16 November 1870 the Cortes voted for the next king and chose Amadeo of Savoy with 191 votes. Antoine only received 27 votes, and left Spain, only to return in 1874. His ambitions were fulfilled by his daughter Mercedes, who became Queen of Spain after her marriage to Alfonso XII, son of Isabella II.
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