Royal Families of France

[Hannelore]

I would like to have information and pictures on Diane d'Orleans, one of the grandchildren of the late countess of Paris.

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

At the funeral of her grandmother

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[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Princess Diane is engaged to be married to the viscount of Noailles.

The viscount is 18 years older than her and has (like Diane) never been married before.

I believe the wedding will take place in Septemeber.

Some older pictures:

from 1998

Diane is the woman on the left

INAUGURATION OF CHAMPS ELYSEES VUITTON SHOP: Laetitia Scherrer, Emmanuel de Brantes and Diane d'Orleans.

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Diane at her grandmother's 90th birthday, next to her cousin Adélaïde.

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With her grandmother, the countess of Paris, in 1995

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[semisquare]

are there any pic of Louis Alphose de Bourbon?

and another question-whatever happen to the royal jewels? did they disappear during the revolution?

[NOONj]

hiii , do u,ve another photo for dona maria thanks

[carlota]

does anybody know anything about this family? i've been trying to find information and all i got is that michel married beatrice and had 3 children, adelaide, françois and clotilde... :)

[ILoveCristina]

Er...are that contact lenses she is wearing ?? Her eyes are quite odd in this photo...

[ILoveCristina]

Does anybody think France will ever be a monarchy again?

[galuhcandrakirana]

Originally Posted by ILoveCristina

Does anybody think France will ever be a monarchy again?

I have been thinking that there is not many people in France has interested to have another monarchy constitution, because all of the French I met always give a negative answer (no) for the same question I asked them. Well I should go around France to be sure.

[Aubisse]

Originally Posted by ILOVEABBA

HRH PRINCE EUDES AND HIS WIFE HRH PRINCESS MARIE LIESSE (OF THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF ROHAN CHABOT) THE COUPLE NOW HAVE TWO CHILDREN A GIRL AND A BOY.

I am afraid there is nothing as "Princely House" in France. In France "Prince" is a status, meaning "belonging to the royal family". All princes of so and so are foreign titles.
The Rohan-Chabot family is a ducal house, a very honourable one, and part of the Chabot family, a very ancient french noble family.
You may have mistaken the House of Rohan Chabot" with the House of Rohan, now austrian who, as being a cadet line of the extinct sovereign House of Brittany, was given the status of "Foreign Prince" in France.

Originally Posted by ILOVEABBA

HRH Prince Folques of France born in 1974 (i have`nt spelt his name correctly i think)

SAR le prince Foulques d'Orléans (HRH the Prince Foulques d'Orleans). Only the head of the Orleans family, his children and the children of his elder son are caled : "N of France", the others are "N of Orleans".

Originally Posted by grecka

It will be a cold day in hell before there's another King of France. Nobody wants it, and France is better off as a republic than as a monarchy, as almost every country that has changed from monarchy to republic is.

Well it's your opinion. I am not certain at all that nobody wants a king in France. A lot of British don't want to belong to the common market, a lot of French don't want prices in euros, and so on. Opinion is often moving.

Originally Posted by semisquare

are there any pic of Louis Alphose de Bourbon?

See Louis-Alphonse Of Bourbon forum

Originally Posted by semisquare

and another question-whatever happen to the royal jewels? did they disappear during the revolution?

They were maily sold by the republican government circ 1880. Some of them were bought back and are in the Louvre Museum

[hillary_nugent]

Thanks Marengo ^__^

here's a portrait of Marie Antoinette that features in Antonia Fraser's book painted by Louise Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun which i think it really nice ^___^

for anyone that knows what the Sydney [Australia] radion DJ Jackie O...don't u think they look alike ?? haha

[hillary_nugent]

Thanks for replying Iain and Aubisse wow...i never knew this its really amazing...so is there members of the Stuart house in Scotland that call themselves royals?

[wittykitty]

Any news on Prince Jean ? If he's got a new girlfriend and if he's still working for the bank. He seems to stay out of the spotlight as much as LAB runs for the camera.
wittykitty

[hillary_nugent]

Is all the property that was owned to the French royalty such as the palaces and stuff they owned by the French government now? Is it possible to see Marie Antoinette's dresses? i would love to see them ^__^ and the palaces :)

one more thing is the house of Orleans French or Spanish? the current Orleans have Spanish names.

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Originally Posted by hillary_nugent

one more thing is the house of Orleans French or Spanish? the current Orleans have Spanish names.

It's French. They don't have spanish names, except for some who are marries to spnayards.

[hillary_nugent]

oh ok thanks Catherine Bergeyck ^___^ do you know by any chance whether we can see many of the things owned by Marie Antoinette once?

[semisquare]

i would loooovvvve to see Marie Antoinette's wedding dress-does anyone know were i can see a pic of it?

[Sancia]

There will be (or there has already been) a lot of babies as great-grand-children of the last countesse of Paris: see the thread about royal pregnancies.

[Julia]

Originally Posted by semisquare

i would loooovvvve to see Marie Antoinette's wedding dress-does anyone know were i can see a pic of it?

Unfortunately, there are no paintings of it. There is a book by Antonia Fraser that gives a gorgeous description of the gown. When I have time later I will type it up and post here.

[Julia]

What great information gogm and what gorgeous portraits of Empress Eugenie. Thank you for sharing them.

Marie Antoinette was a fascinating figure. What I think it most interesting about her background is her mother, Maria Teresa. She was quite an impressive ruler and for the period one of the few women in Europe so widely praised as being truly "august". Quite a politician and warrior. I think it was Frederick II who, along with Maria Teresa gobbled up huge portions of Poland in 1772, said of his old enemy, MT, that "She wept and wept but she took and took." Wily woman.