Hélène d'Orléans
Hélène Louise Françoise Henriette d'Orléans (born June 13, 1871 in Twickenham , † January 21, 1951 in Castellammare di Stabia near Naples ), Princess of Orlèans, Princess of France, Duchess of Aosta , was a daughter of the French pretender to the throne Louis Philipp von Orléans and the wife of Duke Emanuel Philibert of Aosta .
Life
As the daughter of the French pretender to the throne Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans and the Spanish Infanta Maria Isabella d'Orléans-Montpensier , Hélène was a member of the House of Orléans and a direct descendant of the last King of France, Louis Philip I (1773-1850).
It was customary to form marriage alliances between ruling royalty and deposed dynasties - as was the case with the House of Orleans after its dethronement in 1848. Like her sister Amélie von Orléans , who married the Portuguese King Charles I , Hélène was to marry into a European royal family. Hélène's aspirants in 1890 were Prince Albert Viktor (1864-1892), the eldest son of the English King Edward VII , and the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia . Hélène refused, however, to give up her Catholic faith and to convert to the Anglican or the Russian Orthodox Church , whereby both marriage plans failed.
On June 25, 1895, she finally married Duke Emanuel Philibert of Aosta (1869–1931), to whom she bore two sons: Amadeus and Aimone .
Due to health problems, Hélène often traveled to Africa and the Far East. She passed on her fascination for the black continent to her older son Amadeus, who later became the viceroy of Ethiopia . From 1911 to 1921 he worked for the Italian Red Cross in Africa and received several military awards. In 1947 he donated the “Aosta Collection” to the National Library of Naples , consisting of books and unusual African objects as well as a collection of photographs.
After the death of her husband Emanuel in 1931, the Duchess married Colonel Otto Campini (1872–1951) in 1936 .
progeny
Her first marriage to Duke Emanuel Philibert of Aosta had two sons:
- Amadeus of Savoy , 3rd Duke of Aosta; ∞ Anne Hélène Marie von Orléans (1906–1986), daughter of Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise (1874–1940) and Hélène's younger sister Isabelle d'Orléans (1878–1961)
- Aimone of Spoleto , 4th Duke of Aosta and as Tomislav II. King of Croatia ; ∞ Princess Irene of Greece (1904–1974), daughter of King Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923)
Honors
The plant genera Aostea Buscal are named after her . & Muschl. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) and Sabaudia Buscal. & Muschl. from the mint family (Lamiaceae).
Fonts
- Viaggi in Africa: opera illustrata da 487 incisioni, un ritratto in eliotipia e una carta a colori . Treves, Milan 1913, OCLC 255662151 ( information online - travel in Africa).
- Vie errante: sensations d'Afrique . Viassone, Ivrea (TO) 1921, OCLC 799618758 (Wanderings. Sensations of Africa).
literature
- Camillo Albanese: La principessa beduina. L'avventurosa vita di Elena di Francia duchessa d'Aosta . Mursia, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-425-3720-5 .
Web links
- La duchessa crocerossina. on altezzareale.com (Italian)
- Hélène Louise Henriette d'Orléans, Princesse de France on thepeerage.com
- Princess Hélène of Orleans, Duchess of Aosta in the National Portrait Gallery
- Guerriera Guerrieri: Il Fondo bibliografico, fotografico e museale di SAR Elena d'Orléans, duchessa d'Aosta nella Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli on solfano.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefania Bartoloni: ORLÉANS, Elena di. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 79, 2013. (Italian)
- ↑ La Duchessa d'Aosta Elena d'Orleans. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on liberoricercatore.it (Italian)
- ^ Il Fondo Aosta. In: bnnonline.it. Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, accessed on August 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Orléans, Hélène d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orléans, Hélène Princess of; Orléans, Hélène Louise Francoise Henriette d '; Bourbon, Hélène Louise Françoise Henriette; Aosta, Duchess Hélène of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of France, Duchess of Aosta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Twickenham near London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1951 |
| Place of death | Castellammare di Stabia near Naples |