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Isabelle d'Orléans

HRH Princess Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande d'Orléans, Duchess of Guise (7 May 1878 - 21 April 1961) was a member of the French Orleanist royal family.

She was born at Eu, France, the daughter of Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain.

She married, at Twickenham, on 30 October 1899, her first cousin Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise (1874-1940). Jean was the son of prince Robert, duke of Chartres (1840-1910) and Françoise d'Orléans (1844-1925).

They had four children:

• Isabelle de Guise, Princess of Orléans (1900-1983). First married in 1923 to Marie Hervé Jean Bruno, Comte d'Harcourt (1899-1930) and then to Pierre Murat, Prince Murat in 1934.
• Françoise de Guise, Princess of Orléans (1902-1953). Married to Prince Christopher of Greece in 1929. He was a son of George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece. They were parents of Prince Michael of Greece.
• Anne de Guise, Princess of Orléans (1906-1986). She married Amadeo de Savoie-Aoste, 3rd Duke of Aoste in 1927).
• Henri, Comte de Paris (1908-1999).

Princess Isabelle died in Larache, Morocco.

Ancestry

Princesses of Orléans The first generation are the children of Gaston d'Orléans, son of Henri IV; the second is from Philippe de France, son of Louis XIII; 1st Generation Anne Marie Louise, Duchess of Montpensier · Marguerite Louise, Grand Duchess of Tuscany · Élisabeth Marguerite, Duchess of Alençon and Angôuleme · Françoise Madeleine, Duchess of Savoy · Princess Marie Anne 2nd Generation Marie Louise, Queen of Spain · Anne Marie, Queen of Sardinia · Élisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Lorraine 3rd Generation Mademoiselle de Valois · Marie Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry · Louise Adélaïde, Abbess of Chelles · Charlotte Aglaé, Duchess of Modena and Reggio · Louise Élisabeth, Queen of Spain · Princess Philippine Élisabeth · Louise Diane, Princess of Conti 4th Generation Princess Louise Marie 5th Generation Mademoiselle d'Orléans · Bathilde, Princess of Condé 6th Generation Princess Françoise · Princess Adélaïde 7th Generation Marie Louise, Queen of the Belgians · Marie, Duchess of Württemberg · Princess Françoise · Clémentine, Princess of Kohary 8th Generation Marguerite Adelaide, Princess Czartoryska · Princess Blanche · Françoise, Duchess of Chartres · Maria Isabella, Countess of Paris · Princess Amalia · Princess Cristina · Princess Maria de la Regla · Mercedes, Queen of Spain 9th Generation Amélie, Queen of Portugal · Hélène, Duchess of Aosta · Isabelle, Duchess of Guise · Louise, Princess Carlos of the Two Sicilies · Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark · Margherite, Duchess of Magenta · Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavaria 10th Generation Isabelle, Princess Pierre Murat · Françoise, Princess Cristopher of Greece and Denmark · Anne, Duchess of Aosta · Marie Louise, Princess Philip of the Two Sicilies · Princess Sophie · Genieviève, Marchioness of Chaponay 11th Generation Isabelle, Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim · Hélène, Countess Evrard of Limburg-Stirum · Anne, Duchess of Calabria · Diane, Duchess of Württemberg · Claude, Duchess of Aosta · Chantal, Baroness François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue · Gerarda, Marchioness of Marchelina · Beatriz, Countess Tomasso Farini 12th Generation Isabelle, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein · Princess Blanche · Princess Clothilde, Mrs. Edouard Crépy · Princess Adélaïde, Mrs. Pierre-Louis Dailly · Diane, Viscountess Alexander of Noailles · Princess Pilar, Mrs. Nicholas Henderson-Stewart · Princess Eulalia 13th Generation Princess Thérèse Isabelle · Princess Louise Marie · Princesse Hélène · Princess Isabelle

Princesses of Orléans by marriage 1st Generation none 2nd Generation Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, "Mademoiselle de Blois" 3rd Generation Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden 4th Generation Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchess of Étampes, "Mademoiselle de Conti" 5th Generation Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Penthièvre" 6th Generation Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily 7th Generation Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin · Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Infanta Francisca of Brazil  · Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies · Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain 8th Generation Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans*  · Princess Françoise d'Orléans* · Infanta Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil · Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria · Infanta Eulalia of Spain 9th Generation Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria · Isabella, Marchioness of Valdeterrazo · Princess Isabelle d'Orléans* · Princess Henriette of Belgium · Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Marie Constance Say** 10th Generation Princess Isabel of Orléans-Branganza · Carla Parodi-Delfino** 11th Generation Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg · Micaela Cousiño** · Beatrice de Pasquier de Franclieu** · Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves** · Marion Gordon-Orr** · Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli** · Giovanna San Martino d'Aglie di San Germano** · Antonella Rendina** 12th Generation Philomena de Tornos** · Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot** · Diana, Duchess of Cadaval · Ileana Manos** · Véronique Goeders** · Anne Laure van Exter** · Guadalupe Solís** *also a princess of Orléans in her own right **did not have a royal or noble title by birth