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unusual facts about Prince Philippe, Count of Paris


Philippe d'Orléans

Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838-1894), grandson and heir-apparent to the throne of Louis Philippe of France


Adalard of Paris

Adalard (or Adalhard) of Paris (c. 830 – 890) was the eighth Count of Paris, a count palatine, son of Wulfhard of Flavigny and Suzanne of Paris, who was a daughter of Beggo, Count of Toulouse.

Conrad I, Count of Auxerre

Conrad I the Elder (died 876) was the count of several counties, most notably the Aargau and Auxerre, around Lake Constance, as well as Paris from 859 to 862/4.

Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben

Through his daughter, Friederike, Karl Leopold is a 5x great grandfather of Elizabeth II, and 6x great grandfather of Charles, Prince of Wales, Margrethe II of Denmark, Constantine II of Greece, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Harald V of Norway, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria

She is an ancestor of Prince Henri the Count of Paris, Orléanist pretender to the French throne.

Gerdi Staelens

In 2008 as CEO of Winking he was part of an economic business trip to Seattle and Vancouver devised by the Agency for foreign trade in close cooperation with Flanders Investment and Trade, Awax and Brussels Export together with HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant.

Leuthard II of Paris

Leuthard II (c.806 – 858 or 869) was the seventh Count of Paris.

Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

An historian, journalist and outspoken democrat, Philippe volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War along with his younger brother, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres.

Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres

With the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Chartres and his brother, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, traveled to the United States to support the Union cause.

Princess Mathilde Fund

The fund was created from the donations the princess received on her wedding with Prince Philippe, and is aimed towards the most vulnerable people in Belgian society.


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