Jean d'Orléans | |||||
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Duke of Guise | |||||
Orléanist pretender to the French throne | |||||
Pretence | 28 March 1926 – 25 August 1940 | ||||
Predecessor | Philippe, Duke of Orléans | ||||
Successor | Henri, Count of Paris | ||||
Born | Paris, France | 4 September 1874||||
Died | 25 August 1940 Larache, Morocco, Spain | (aged 65)||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Isabelle, Princess Pierre Murat Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark Princess Anne, Duchess of Aosta Prince Henri, Count of Paris | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres | ||||
Mother | Princess Françoise of Orléans | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise (Jean Pierre Clément Marie; 4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940), was the third son and youngest child of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840–1910), grandson of Prince Ferdinand Philippe and great-grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. His mother was Françoise of Orléans, daughter of François, Prince of Joinville, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. He was the Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as Jean III.