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unusual facts about House of Orléans


Jean-Martial Bineau

He replaced Achille Fould, who had resigned after the decree confiscating the property of the House of Orléans.


Faubourg Saint-Germain

During the July Monarchy, from 1830 to 1848, when the junior Orleanist branch held the throne, the Faubourg was politically marginalized, many noble family withdrawing from active participation in political life to their castles, urban mansions in the Faubourg and passive but brilliant social life.

Jean Marie, Duke of Châteauvillain

His sister Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, future Duchess of Orléans would move Jean Marie's body to the Royal Chapel, Dreux; Dreux is today the burial site of the Royal House of Orléans which descends from Marie Adélaïde and her husband, Philippe Égalité.

Princess Anne of Orléans

Princess Anne of Orléans (Anne Hélène Marie; 5 August 1906, Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne – 19 March 1986, Sorrento) was a member of the House of Orléans and the Duchess of Aosta by marriage.


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Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

She was buried at the Chapelle royale de Dreux, the Royal basilica of the House of Orléans, in 1979, having been transferred from the Chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in Weybridge.