Duchess of Montpensier
Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (German : Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine Herzogin von Württemberg ;[citation needed ] born 12 November 1934[citation needed ] ), known as the Duchess of Montpensier , is a German-born aristocrat. A daughter of the claimant to the royal throne of Württemberg , abolished in 1918, she was the first wife of Prince Henri, Count of Clermont . Marie-Thérèse is the mother of Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme , head of the House of Orléans and Orléanist claimant to the French throne.[ 1]
Family
Marie Thérèse was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg , and his second wife, Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany .[ 1] She was born at Altshausen Castle, Baden-Württemberg , Germany.
Marriage and issue
Marie Thérèse married Prince Henri, Count of Clermont , eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris , and his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza , on 5 July 1957 in Dreux , France.[citation needed ] Three years later, her younger brother Carl, Duke of Württemberg , would marry Henri's younger sister, Princess Diane d'Orléans .
Marie Thérèse and Henri had five children:[citation needed ]
Princess Marie d'Orléans (born 1959), married to Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (born 1949), son of Prince Prince Johann Baptist of Liechtenstein (1914 - 2004) and his wife, Princess Clothilde of Thurn und Taxis (1922-2009).
Prince François, Count of Clermont (7 February 1961 - 30 December 2017), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis .
Princess Blanche d'Orléans (born 10 September 1962, Ravensburg ), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
Prince Jean, Count of Paris (born 19 May 1965), married to Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart (born 19 June 1977)
Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême (born 18 March 1968), married to Countess Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot (born 29 June 1969), daughter of Count Louis Meriadec de Rohan-Chabot (b. 1937) and his wife, Princess Isabelle de Bauffremont-Marnay (b. 1944).
Marie Thérèse and Henri were legally separated on 23 February 1977, divorced on 3 February 1984, and the marriage was canonically annulled in March 2009.[ 1] [ 2] Upon her divorce from Prince Henri in 1984, she was given the title Duchess of Montpensier by her former father-in-law, as head of the Orléans dynasty.[ 1]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg
References
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* also a princess of Orléans in her own right
** did not belong by birth to a dynastic or titled noble family