François d'Orléans (officer)
François Gaston Michel Marie d'Orléans (born August 15, 1935 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre , † October 11, 1960 with Taourirt Ali Ou Naceur, Algeria ) was a French aristocrat from the House of Orléans and an officer in the French army . He was the younger son of Henri d'Orléans († 1999) and his wife Isabelle d'Orléans-Bragance († 2003). His father posthumously gave him the courtesy title of “duc d'Orléans” within the family.
Life
François d'Orléans spent the first years of his life in exile in various European countries before he was able to study agriculture in Beauvais in 1949 . After being called up for military service, he completed an officer training course at the Cherchell Military Academy in Algeria . With the rank of Sous-lieutenant of the 7th Mountaineer Battalion , he was killed on October 11, 1960 during an operation against the FLN ( Algerian War ) in the great Kabylia near Taourirt Ali Ou Naceur. “Died for France” ( Mort pour la France ) he was posthumously appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by President Charles de Gaulle at the funeral ceremony on October 19, 1960 in the Chapelle de l'Hôpital Maillot in Algiers . His body was transferred to the Chapelle royale Saint-Louis in Dreux on January 16, 1961 .
Awards
literature
- Bruno Goyet: Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris (1908–1999). Le prince impossible. Jacob, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7381-0934-9 , p. 304.
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| SURNAME | Orléans, François d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orléans, François Gaston Michel Marie d '(full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French aristocrat from the House of Orléans and officer in the French army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1960 |
| Place of death | at Taourirt Ali Ou Naceur, Algeria |