Françoise of Orléans was a member of the House of Orléans

House of Orleans

Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger son of the king...

 and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.

Princess of Orléans

Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...

 the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville

Prince François, Prince of Joinville

François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de Joinville was the third son of Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans, afterwards king of the French and his wife Marie Amalie of Bourbon-Sicilies. He was notable as an admiral of the French Navy.-Life:He was born at the Château de Neuilly, in...

 (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil

Princess Francisca of Brazil

Francisca of Brazil was a princess of Brazil. She was a daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first wife Maria Leopoldina of Austria...

 (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil

Peter I of Brazil

Dom Pedro I of Brazil , nicknamed "the Liberator" and "the Soldier-King", was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil and also King of Portugal as Pedro IV, having reigned for eight years in Brazil and two months in Portugal.-Birth:Pedro was born on 12 October 1798, around...

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Duchess of Chartres

On 11 June 1863, in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames

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, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin

Saint-Firmin

Saint-Firmin may refer to the following places in France:* Saint-Firmin, Hautes-Alpes, a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes* Saint-Firmin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a commune in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle...

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Issue

• Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), who in 1885 married Prince Valdemar of Denmark
  Prince Valdemar of Denmark
  Prince Valdemar of Denmark, GCTE was a member of the Danish Royal Family, the youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and his wife Luise of Hesse-Kassel...
  
  , son of King Christian IX of Denmark
  Christian IX of Denmark
  Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
  
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• Robert of Orléans (1866–1885);
• Henri of Orléans (1867–1901);
• Marguerite of Orléans (1869–1940), who in 1896 married Marie-Armand-Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta.
• Jean of Orléans (1874–1940), "Duke of Guise", and Orléanist pretender to the throne of France as "Jean III", who, in 1899, married his first cousin Princess Isabelle of Orléans and had issue.

Ancestry

Titles and styles

• 14 August 1844 – 11 June 1863 Her Royal Highness Princess Françoise of Orléans
• 11 June 1863 – 5 December 1910 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Chartres
• 5 December 1910 – 28 October 1925 Her Royal Highness the Dowager Duchess of Chartres