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Prince Jean of Orléans, Dauphin of France, Duke of Vendôme (Jean Charles Pierre Marie; born 19 May 1965, Paris, France), also called Jean d’Orléans, is the second son of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, the Head of the House of Orléans, and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg. According to the Orléanists, he is in the line of succession to the French throne.
Prince Jean was due to marry Duchess Tatjana of Protestant heir.[1]
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HRH Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria
HRH The Duchess of Württemberg
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HRH The Duke of Orléans HRH The Duchess of Orléans
HRH Princess Claude
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On 29 November 2008, the Count of Paris announced the engagement of the Duke of Vendôme to Maria Magdalena Philomena Juliana Johanna de Tornos y Steinhart, born in Vienna on 19 June 1977.[2] The civil wedding, conducted by Mayor Rachida Dati, took place on 19 March 2009 in Paris. The religious wedding was held on 2 May 2009 at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame at Senlis,[3] with a reception at Château de Chantilly.[4] The bride wore a gown by Christian Lacroix and a jacket embroidered by Maison Lesage.[5]
Philomena is the daughter of Alfonso de Tornos y Zubiría (b. Getxo, 13 October 1937), of Basque ancestry, and wife (m. Vienna, 18 September 1976) Maria Antonia Anna Zdenka Edle von Steinhart (b. 1944), of Austro-Hungarian ancestry.[6][7] She has a sister named María Magdalena (b. 1980) and a brother named David (b. 1982). Her paternal grandparents were Juan de Tornos y Espelíus (b. 2 April 1905), Secretary of the Count of Barcelona, and wife (m. 1930 or 1931) María del Carmen Zubiría y Calbetón (b. 29 June 1906), daughter of the 2nd Marquesses de Yanduri.[8] Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand Edler von Steinhart (1910–1998) and wife (m. September 1939) Gabriele Felicitas Murad (1913–1994), paternal granddaughter of Murad Effendi.[9]
She spent part of her youth in the Auvergne and studied at the Lycée Maritime in Ciboure.[10]
The couple have three children:
Prince Gaston has six godparents: Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême (paternal uncle), Magdalena de Tornos (maternal aunt), Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Count François-Pierre de Faydeau and Countess Magdalena of El Abra.
Princess Antoinette has six godparents: David de Tornos (maternal uncle), Princess Leopoldine of Liechtenstein (her first cousin), Count Damian von Schönborn-Buchheim (father's first cousin), Francesca Lopez de la Osa, Leopoldo Gavito and Dominique de Layre.
Princess Louise-Marguerite has five godparents: Princess Marguerite of Liechtenstein (her first cousin), Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, Philippe d'Albert, 13th duc de Luynes, Prince Alvaro de Orléans-Borbón and Archduke Michael of Austria.
He was created Duke of Vendôme (French: Duc de Vendôme) on 27 September 1987 and Dauphin of Viennois (French: Dauphin de Viennois) on 19 June 1999. He was created Dauphin of France (French: Dauphin de France) in 2006, bypassing his mentally disabled elder brother, Prince François, Count of Clermont, according to the website of the Orléanist French royal family.
He is styled shortly as HRH The Duke of Vendôme.
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