Princess Isabelle of Orléans (Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédès Ferdinande; 7 May 1878 – 21 April 1961) was a member of the French Orleanist royal family and by marriage Duchess of Guise.

She was born at Eu, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain

Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

Marie Isabelle of Orléans was born an infanta of Spain and Princess of Orléans and was a Princess of Orléans and Countess of Paris by marriage.-Biography:She was born in Seville to Antoine d'Orléans and Infanta...

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Marriage and issue

She married, at Twickenham, on 30 October 1899, her first cousin Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874–1940). Jean was the son of prince Robert, duke of Chartres

Robert, Duke of Chartres

Prince Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand of Orléans, Duke of Chartres was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans and thus 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...

 (1840–1910) and Françoise d'Orléans (1844–1925).

They had four children:

• Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1900–1983). First married in 1923 to Bruno, Count of Harcourt
  Bruno, Count of Harcourt
  Marie Hervé Jean Bruno d'Harcourt, Count of Harcourt was a member of the French nobility and a Grand Prix motor racing driver....
  
   (1899–1930) and then to Pierre Murat, Prince Murat in 1934.
• Princess Françoise of Orléans
  Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902–1953)
  Princess Françoise of Orléans was born a Princess of Orléans and was a Princess of Greece and Denmark by marriage. She was thus a member of the Greek royal family...
  
   (1902–1953). Married to Prince Christopher of Greece in 1929. He was a son of King George I of Greece
  George I of Greece
  George I was King of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish prince, George was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the former king Otto. His nomination was both suggested and supported by the Great Powers...
  
   and Olga, Queen of Greece. They were parents of Prince Michael of Greece.
• Princess Anne of Orléans (1906–1986). She married Amadeo de Savoie-Aoste, 3rd Duke of Aoste in 1927).
• Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999). He married Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza in 1931.

Princess Isabelle died in Larache

Larache

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, Morocco

Morocco

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Ancestry

See also