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Prince François, Prince of Joinville

François d'Orléans
Prince of Joinville
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, young.jpg
The Prince of Joinville 1852
Born 14 August 1818
Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died 16 June 1900(1900-06-16) (aged 81)
Paris, France
Spouse Princess Francisca of Brazil
Issue Françoise, Duchess of Chartres
Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre
Princess Marie Léopoldine
Full name
François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans
House Orléans
Father Louis Philippe I
Mother Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
Religion Roman Catholic
Signature
Full name
François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans

François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de Joinville (14 August 1818 – 16 June 1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, afterwards king of the French and his wife Marie Amalie of Bourbon-Sicilies. He was an admiral of the French Navy, and a talented artist.

He was born at the Château de Neuilly, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Educated for the navy, he was commissioned lieutenant in 1836. His first conspicuous service was at the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulua, in November 1838, commanding the Créole, when he headed a landing party and took the Mexican general Mariano Arista prisoner with his own hand at Veracruz.

The prince of the realm was promoted to captain, and in 1840 was entrusted with bringing the remains of Napoleon from Saint Helena to France.

He married on 1 May 1843 in Rio de Janeiro, Princess Francisca of Brazil, Princess de Bragança, sister of Pedro II of Brazil. They had a son Pierre duc de Penthièvre (1845–1919), also brought up to the navy, and who, for a time, attended the United States Naval Academy. The prince de Joinville visited the academy and asked for a frank estimation of his son's character, conduct, and aptitude for naval service. His son never married, but fathered two illegitimate children. The couple also had a daughter, Françoise who married her cousin Robert, Duke of Chartres in 1863 and had issue. Through this union, François d'Orléans is an ancestor of the present day Orléans claimant to the French throne, Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France.


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