Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019)

Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans (14 June 1933 – 21 January 2019) was the Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Henry VII. He used the title count of Paris.

Henri d'Orléans
Count of Paris, Duke of France
Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, in Poissy, April 27, 2014, at the celebrations of the 8th centenary of the birth of Saint Louis.
Head of the House of Orléans
Tenure19 June 1999 – 21 January 2019
PredecessorHenri, Count of Paris
SuccessorJean, Count of Paris
BornHenri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans
(1933-06-14)14 June 1933
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
Died21 January 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 85)
Paris, France
Spouse
(m. 1957; div. 1984)
    Micaela Cousiño Quiñones de León
    (m. 1984)
    Issue
    • Marie, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein
    • Prince François, Count of Clermont
    • Princess Blanche
    • Jean, Count of Paris
    • Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
    HouseOrléans
    FatherHenri, Count of Paris
    MotherPrincess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
    ReligionRoman Catholicism
    Signature

    He was head of the House of Orléans as senior in male-line descent from King Louis-Philippe, who reigned from 1830 to 1848. Henri was a retired military officer as well as an author and painter.

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