Duchess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
| Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
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| Duchess of Orléans Princess Royal of France |
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Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter c.1839
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| Born |
24 January 1814 Schloss Ludwigslust, Germany |
| Died | 17 May 1858 (aged 44) Richmond upon Thames, London, England |
| Burial | Chapelle royale de Dreux |
| Spouse | Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
| Issue Detail |
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres |
| House | Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Father | Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Mother | Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Helene Luise Elisabeth; 24 January 1814 – 17 May 1858) was a French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I, Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans.
She was the mother of the future Count of Paris and Duke of Chartres. Her descendants include the present Count of Paris as well the present-day pretenders to the throne of France and Italy and the kings of Spain and Belgium.
Born at the Schloss Ludwigslust, the retreat from a capital of her native Mecklenburg-Schwerin, she was the only daughter born to the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819) and his second wife Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786–1816), third daughter of Grand Duke Carl August and Princess Louisa of Hessen-Darmstadt.
Via her father she was granddaughter of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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