Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France
| Henri d'Orléans | |
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| Count of Paris, Duke of France | |
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| Born |
14 June 1933 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium |
| Spouse |
Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg (m. 1957; div. 1984) Micaela Cousiño Quiñones de León (m. 1984) |
| Issue |
Marie Isabelle of Orléans François of Orléans Blanche of Orléans Jean of Orléans Eudes of Orléans |
| House | Orléans |
| Father | Henri, Count of Paris |
| Mother | Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza |
Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, Duke of France (Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans; born 14 June 1933), is a member of the former French ruling dynasty of the House of Bourbon, and one of the current pretenders to the defunct French crown as Henry VII. A descendant of King Louis-Philippe (ruled 1830–1848), he is the current head of the Orléans line of the Bourbon dynasty. As such he is recognized as the legitimate claimant to the throne by those French royalists who adhere to the succession of Louis-Philippe ("Orléanists"), as well as by the "Unionist" faction that rejects Louis-Philippe's title but recognizes his grandson Philippe, Count of Paris (1838–1894), as the heir of the rival claimant Henry, Count of Chambord, the last direct agnatic descendant of King Louis XV. Henri of Orléans is a former military officer as well as an author and painter.
Henri d'Orléans is protector of the Orléans obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910).
He was the first son born to Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium, because an 1886 law banned the heirs of formerly reigning French dynasties from entering France. This law was abrogated in 1950, but Henri had already been allowed to enter France by special favour of President Vincent Auriol in 1948.
On 25 August 1940, Henri's grandfather, Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise, died. His father was recognised by most French royalists as head of the French royal house, and Henri became their dauphin.
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