Prince Michel, Count of Évreux

Prince Michel
Count of Évreux
Born (1941-06-25) 25 June 1941
Rabat, Morocco
Spouse Béatrice Marie Pasquier de Franclieu
Issue Princess Clotilde, Mrs. Corneille Crépy
Princess Adélaïde, Mrs. Dailly
Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou
Prince François, Count of Dreux
Full name
French: Michel Joseph Benoît Marie
House Orléans
Father Prince Henri, Count of Paris
Mother Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
Religion Roman Catholic

Prince Michel of Orléans, Fils de France, Count of Évreux (Michel Joseph Benoît Marie; born 25 June 1941, Rabat, Morocco) is a French nobleman and part of the claimant family to the French throne. He is the son of the late Prince Henri, Count of Paris (the Orleanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. Prince Michel is styled as the Count of Évreux.

Background

Prince Michel was born in Morocco and raised in exile as one of the eleven children of the Comte de France. His family re-patriated to France in 1950 after the law of banishment against former French dynasties was repealed.

Prince Michel earned a university degree studying mathematics, chemistry and physics,[1]

Family

French Royal Family
Orléanist

HRH The Count of Paris
HRH The Countess of Paris

He was dating Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark when he met Béatrice Marie Pasquier de Franclieu,[2] whom he married on 18 November 1967 in Casablanca, Morocco, without his father's consent.[3]

The bride was born Béatrice Marie Guillemine Huguette in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 24 October 1941, the daughter of Count Bruno Marie Emilien Pasquier de Franclieu (Lyon, 4 March 1914 - Paris, 15 September 1944) of a noble family, and his wife Jacqueline Françoise Marie Thérèse Irène Térisse (Rambouillet, 7 September 1918 - 2006) who had married in Lormes on 29 April 1938.

The marriage was not regarded as dynastic, and Prince Michel's wife and children were not initially given traditional Orléanist royal titles. On 10 December 1976, Béatrice was allowed by her father-in-law to share ad personam her husband's style, viz., "Her Royal Highness Princess Michel of Orléans, comtesse d'Evreux".[4] Subsequent to the accession as head of the House of Orléans and pretender by his brother Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France in 1999, his wife and children were recognized as fully dynastic members of the royal house[3] with commensurate styles and titles.

The family lived in Morocco, Germany and England. Their children attained adulthood in Spain. According to the prince's wife, her work as a fashion consultant for Women's Wear Daily and Dior, combined with her husband's lack of a career, imposed strains upon the marriage.[1] Michel and Beatrice were separated in 1994 and he left their home,[1] although there were no plans to terminate the marriage.[2] They had four children (and several grandchildren):[2]

Princess Adélaïde's godfather is King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Princess Isabelle's godfather is King Felipe VI of Spain.

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 Perales, Marisa. Beatriz de Orléans, Tiempo. 5/1/2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Herrero, Nieves. Beatriz de Orleans, El Mundo Magazine. 4/10/2009
  3. 1 2 Velde, Francois. The Royal Family: A Genealogy, Heraldica.org, accessed 12/10/2009
  4. ↑ Philippe De Montjouvent (1998). Le Comte de Paris Et Sa Descendance. p. 307. ISBN 978-2-913211-00-1.
  5. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p11233.htm. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Newton, Jennifer. Mail Online. French prince marries German aristocrat in a traditional wedding. retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 195, 332, 437, 443. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
Prince Michel, Count of Évreux
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 25 June 1941
Preceded by
Prince Foulques, Duke of Aumale		 Line of succession to the French throne (Orléanist)
10th position 		Succeeded by
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans
Preceded by
Pierre d'Orléans		 Line of succession to the French throne (Legitimist)
85th position 		Succeeded by
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.