Prince Charles-Philippe | |||||
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Duke of Anjou (disputed) | |||||
Born |
Paris, France |
3 March 1973 ||||
Spouse | Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval | ||||
Issue | Princess Isabelle of Orléans | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | Prince Michel, comte d'Évreux | ||||
Mother | Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Charles Philippe Marie Louis d'Orléans |
Prince Charles-Philippe Marie Louis of Orléans, Duke of Anjou (French: Charles Philippe Marie Louis d’Orléans; born 3 March 1973 in Paris, France) is a Prince and member of the House of Orléans.
He is the older of two sons of Prince Michel d'Orléans, Count of Évreux, and his wife the former Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu. His paternal grandfather was Henri, Count of Paris, the Orléanist pretender to the French throne. As such, Charles-Philippe takes the traditional royal rank of petit-fils de France with the style of Royal Highness.
Charles-Philippe was an independent candidate in the 2012 French legislative election, standing in the Fifth constituency for French residents overseas, which covers Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco. He finished seventh, with 3.05% of the vote. (Within the constituency, he finished fourth in Portugal, his country of residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.)
Charles-Philippe assumed the position as Grand Master of the Orléans obedience of Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) in 2004-2010.
On 21 June 2008, Charles-Philippe married Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval. The ceremony took place in the Cathedral of Évora. Both husband and wife are Capetians, descending in unbroken male line from King Robert II of France (972-1031), Charles-Philippe through the elder son, King Henry I of France, via the cadet branch of the House of Bourbon-Orléans, and Diana from his younger son Robert I, Duke of Burgundy through the royal (though illegitimate) Portuguese branch of the House of Braganza. The couple are also fifth cousins once-removed through shared descent from King Francis I of the Two Sicilies.