Les Princes dOrleons

Title

Les Princes dOrleons

Description

Depicting the Princes of the House of Orleon from 1832- 1872 at their battles and their most important historical events, on 14 views.

ca. 1880

Artist

Peleria

Historical Description

The House of Orléans, before 1830 House Bourbon-Orléans, is a French high noble family that provided the King of the French during the July Monarchy from 1830 to 1848. For monarchists in France and Brazil, it is the legitimate royal house and thus provides the pretender to the throne. The House of Orléans is descended from a collateral line of the House of Bourbon (Bourbon-Orléans) and is thus itself a branch of the Capetian ruling house. All French kings of the last 1000 years, with the exception of the two Napoleons, were Capetians or descended from them. Thus, the Capetians provided 39 French kings. The House of Bourbon itself provided seven French kings. The House of Orléans provided one king. The Orléans were among the richest families in France. Louis-Philippe of Orléans was king of France from 1830 to 1848. His father of the same name was Grand Master of the French Freemasons from 1771 to 1792. Duke Philippe I de Bourbon (1640-1701), the progenitor of Orléans, came from the House of Habsburg on his mother's side. His first wife came from the British royal family of Stuart. His second wife came from the German high noble families of Wittelsbach and Hesse. A collateral line of the Orléans family is the non-incumbent Brazilian imperial family Orléans-Braganza, most of which is still settled in Brazil. The house was founded by Philippe I de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (1640-1701), the younger brother of the Sun King Louis XIV and his wife Liselotte of the Palatinate. His descendants still provide the pretenders to the throne for the monarchists who favor a constitutional monarchy ("Orléanists").