Contemporary Family
The head of the house today is Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France (born June 14, 1933). He is a claimant to the French throne. If he were king, he would be Henry VII. For the Orléanists, he is the heir of King Louis Philippe of the French; for Legitimists, the heir of Henri, comte de Chambord, and so of Charles X of France.
Present family On July 5, 1957, he married Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (born 1934), a descendant of King Louis Philippe. He received the title comte de Clermont. Five children were born from this union, before the marriage ended in divorce.
- Princess Marie Isabelle Marguerite Anne Geneviève (born January 3, 1959, Boulogne sur Seine) married civilly at Dreux, July 22, 1989 and religiously in Friedrichshafen, July 29, 1989 to Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (born April 1, 1949, Vienna), and has issue
- Prince François, comte de Clermont (born February 7, 1961, Boulogne sur Seine), Count of Clermont, severely disabled (due to mother's toxoplasmosis during pregnancy).
- Princess Blanche Elisabeth Rose Marie of Orléans (born September 10, 1962, Ravensburg), severely disabled (due to the same cause as her elder brother).
- Prince Jean, duc de Vendôme (born May 19, 1965, Boulogne sur Seine), Duke of Vendôme and Dauphin de Viennois.
- Prince Eudes, duc d'Angoulême (born March 18, 1968, Paris), Duke of Angoulême, married civilly at Dreux, June 19, 1999 and religiously in Antrain, July 10, 1999 to Marie-Liesse Claude Anne Rolande de Rohan-Chabot (born June 29, 1969, Paris), with whom he has two children
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- Princess Thérèse Isabelle Marie Eléonore (born April 23, 2001, Cannes)
- Prince Pierre of Orléans (born August 6, 2003, Cannes)
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