Robert d'Orléans, duc de Chartres
Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres (born November 9, 1840 in Paris , † December 5, 1910 in Château de Saint Firmin ) was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans and grandson of King Ludwig Philipp . He took part on the side of the Northern States in the American Civil War and in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War . In 1863 he married his cousin Françoise d'Orléans (1844–1925), the daughter of François d'Orléans, in Kingston-on-Thames .
In 1886 he was exiled.
progeny
Robert d'Orléans had five children with his wife Françoise:
- Marie (1865-1909); ⚭ 1885 Prince Waldemar of Denmark , son of King Christian IX.
- Robert Louis Philippe Ferdinand François Marie (1866–1885)
- Henri Philippe Marie (Henri) (1867–1901)
- Marguerite Louise Marie Françoise (1869-1940); ⚭ 1896 Marie Armand Patrice MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, son of Patrice de Mac-Mahon
- Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans, duc de Guise (1874–1940)
Works
- Histoire de la guerre civile en Amérique - 7 volumes. Paris: 1874-87
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| SURNAME | Orléans, Robert d ', duc de Chartres |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chartres, Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand d'Orléans duc de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Chartres |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1910 |
| Place of death | Vineuil-Saint-Firmin |