Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg

Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg (German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine Herzogin von Württemberg; born 12 November 1934) known as Duchess of Montpensier, is a German-born aristocrat. A daughter of the claimant to the royal throne of Württemberg, abolished in 1918, she was the first wife of Prince Henri, Count of Clermont. Duchess Marie Thérèse is the mother of Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme, head of the House of Orléans and Orléanist claimant to the French throne.[1]

Princess Marie Thérèse
Duchess of Montpensier
Born (1934-11-12) 12 November 1934
Schloss Altshausen, Altshausen, Free People's State of Württemberg, Nazi Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1957; div. 1984)​
IssuePrincess Marie of Liechtenstein
Prince François, Count of Clermont
Princess Blanche
Prince Jean, Count of Paris
Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
Full name
German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine
HouseWürttemberg
FatherPhilipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
MotherArchduchess Rosa of Austria

Family

Marie Thérèse was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and his second wife, Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.[1] She was born at Altshausen Castle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Marriage and issue

Marie Thérèse married Prince Henri, Count of Clermont, eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris, and his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, on 5 July 1957 in Dreux, France. Three years later, her younger brother Carl, Duke of Württemberg, would marry Henri's younger sister, Princess Diane d'Orléans.

Marie Thérèse and Henri had five children:

  1. Princess Marie d'Orléans (born 1959), married to Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (born 1949).
  2. Prince François, Count of Clermont (7 February 1961 - 30 December 2017), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
  3. Princess Blanche d'Orléans (born 10 September 1962, Ravensburg), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
  4. Prince Jean, Count of Paris (born 19 May 1965), married to Philomena de Tornos Steinhart (born 19 June 1977)
  5. Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême (born 18 March 1968), married to Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot (born 29 June 1969).

Marie Thérèse and Henri were legally separated on 23 February 1977, divorced on 3 February 1984, and the marriage was canonically annulled in March 2009.[1][2] Upon her divorce from Prince Henri in 1984, she was given the title Duchess of Montpensier by her former father-in-law, as head of the Orléans dynasty.[1]

Ancestry

References
  1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Hauser Band XVI., Limburg an der Lahn, 2001, p. 181
  2. Desnos, Marie (28 September 2009). "Henri d'Orléans: le mariage de l'amour et de la discorde". Paris Match. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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