Marie, Princess of Orléans

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Birthname | Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène | ||||
born on | 13 January 1865 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | London, England, 51n30, 0w10 | ||||
Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
French princess by birth and a Danish princess by marriage, as the wife of Prince Valdemar. She was politically active by the standards of her day.
Marie was the eldest child of Robert, duke of Chartres, and his wife, Princess Françoise d'Orléans.
Born during the reign in France of her family's rival, Napoléon III, she grew up in England, where her family had moved in 1848. She moved to France with her family after the fall of Napoleon in 1871.
After obtaining papal consent, Marie married Prince Valdemar of Denmark, the youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark, on 20 October 1885 in a civil ceremony in Paris and again in a religious ceremony in the Château d'Eu two days later. She remained a Roman Catholic, he a Lutheran.
The couple had five children.
Marie died on 4 December 1909, aged 44, in Copenhagen.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Aage, Count of Rosenborg (born 10 June 1887)
- parent->child relationship with Axel, Prince of Denmark (born 12 August 1888)
- parent->child relationship with Erik, Count of Rosenborg (born 8 November 1890)
- parent->child relationship with Margrethe, Princess of Denmark (born 17 September 1895)
- parent->child relationship with Viggo, Count of Rosenborg (born 25 December 1893)
- child->parent relationship with Françoise, Princess of Orléans (1844) (born 14 August 1844)
- child->parent relationship with Robert, Duke of Chartres (born 9 November 1840)
- spouse relationship with Valdemar, Prince of Denmark (born 27 October 1858). Notes: 1885–1909
- sibling relationship with Henri, Prince of Orléans (born 16 October 1867)
- sibling relationship with Jean, Duke of Guise (born 4 September 1874)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes news report from The Standard (London, England), Monday, 16 January 1865, p. 3: "On Friday morning, at Morgan House, Ham, the Duchess de Chartres was safely delivered of a daughter. Dr. Priestley, the eminent physician, of Hertford-street, mayfair, was in attendance." A time of 6 AM is speculative.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Five)
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Orléans)