Are there any male ancestors alive today? I worked for a beginning producer in the late 90's, he wore a ring with a family crest on it & he said it was from his mother's side. I pressured him about his history & he was very secretive. We traveled a lot and I knew he had come from serious money. The most I could get out of him was that he had roots in France, he was Roman Catholic & his mother had died. He would be in his middle to late 40's today. I've searched & searched for his name & I can't find a thing. I don't think he used his "real" name although the name I knew him by is listed on IMDB. Just in case somebody reading this can think of something or will want a little more, I can say his first name (which is probably his true first name) is Michael. He divides his time between LA & NY. (And Europe?) Any ideas? TIA.
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The descendants of the Bourbons are called
Les Capétiens (from
La Maison capétienne) and there are a LOT still existing. So your question: "Are there still male ancestors alive today?"..... phew..... so many!
These are the still existing main branches of the House of Capet with their current heads:
Bourbon-Busset (1438)
--> House of Bourbon-Busset (1438) - Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Busset (*1945)
----> House of Bourbon-Châlus (1849) - Philippe de Bourbon, Comte de Châlus (*1942)
Bragança (1442)
--> House of Portugal (1640) - Duarte Pio de Bragança, Duke of Bragança (*1945)
Cadaval (1645)
--> House of Cadaval (1645) - Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, Duchess of Cadaval (*1978)
Orléans (1661)
--> House of Orléans (1661) - Henri d'Orléans, Comte de Paris (*1933)
----> House of Orléans-Bragança (1814) - headship disputed
-------> House of Brazil (1822) - headship disputed
----> House of Orléans-Galliera (1824) - Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli, Duke of Galliera (*1968)
Anjou (1700)
--> House of Bourbon-Anjou (1700) - Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martínez Bordiú (*1974)
----> House of Spain (1933) - Felipe de Borbón y Grecia, King of Spain (*1968)
--> House of Bourbon-Parma (1748) - Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, Duke of Parma (*1970)
----> House of Luxembourg (1964) - Prince Henri de Nassau, Grand-Duke of Luxembourg (*1955)
--> House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1751) - headship disputed
--> House of Bourbon-Sevilla (1823) - Francisco de Borbón y Escasany (*1967)