Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres

Prince Robert
Duke of Chartres
Prince Robert, c. 1900
BornRobert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand
9 November 1840
Paris, France
Died5 December 1910 (aged 70)
Saint Firmin, France
Spouse
(m. 1863)
IssueMarie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark
Prince Robert
Prince Henri
Princess Marguerite, Duchess of Magenta
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
MotherDuchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
SignaturePrince Robert's signature
Military career
Battles / warsWars of Italian Unification,
American Civil War,
Franco-Prussian War

Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand; 9 November 1840 – 5 December 1910), was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and thus a grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and then for France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. In 1863, he married his cousin Princess Françoise of Orléans, the daughter of François, Prince of Joinville. In 1886, he was exiled from France.