House of Orléans facts for kids
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The House of Orléans was a French noble and royal family. It descends from Louis XIV of France and his only brother Philippe, Duke of Orléans. The families main traditional home was the Palais Royal in Paris. The family later became very powerful during the reign of Louis Philippe I. He ruled France under the title King of the French. The king successfully married his children into other royal families of Europe.
The present head of the house is Prince Henri of Orléans. He is known as the Count of Paris. He also claims the title King of the French, but is known simply as His Royal Highness The Count of Paris and sometimes the Duke of France. However, the titles are not officially recognised because France is no longer a monarchy. Henri has been a claimant to the throne since 1999. The Count was married to Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg. She is herself a daughter of a one-time claimant to the throne of Württemberg.
Images for kids
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Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orléans, Comte de Paris
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Jean of Orléans, current head of the house, with his wife and heir apparent, Prince Gaston.
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A posthumous mural commissioned around 1670 by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. It includes: Henrietta Maria of France (d 1669), exiled Queen of England; Philippe de France, founder of the House of Orléans; his first wife Henrietta Anne Stuart (d 1670); the couple's first daughter Marie Louise of Orléans (later Queen of Spain); Anne of Austria (d 1666); the Orléans daughters of Gaston de France; Louis XIV; the Dauphin with his mother Maria Theresa of Spain with her third daughter Marie-Thérèse de France, called Madame Royale (d. 1672) and her second son Philippe-Charles, Duke of Anjou (d. 1671). The first daughter of Gaston stands on the far right: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans. The picture frame with the two children are the other 2 daughters of Louis and Maria Theresa who died in 1662 and 1664.
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Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon who brought much wealth to the family
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Louis XIV and his younger brother Le Petit Monsieur
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Philippe II d'Orléans with his Protégé, Louis XV
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Parterres du Midi at Versailles
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Palais Royal, Paris (1679)
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Château de Bagnolet, Paris
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Château du Raincy
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Château de Sainte-Assise
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Château de Saint-Leu
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Château de Neuilly
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Château de La Ferté-Vidame
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Château d'Amboise
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Château de Bourbon-l'Archambault
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Château de Dreux
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See also
In Spanish: Casa de Orleans para niños
