List of countesses and duchesses of Orléans explained

See also: List of Frankish kings, Duke of Orléans and Count of Orléans.

Countess of Orléans

Merovingian countesses

Carolingian countesses

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Waldrada de WormsgauErphold ?
(Nibelungid
or
Widonid)
---821
husband's death
824Adrian
There are no mentions of Matfrid, Count of Orléans, having a wife or if he did what her name was.
Engeltrude de FézensacLeuthard I, Count of Paris and Fézensac
(Girardid)
805825[1] 827
husband's ascension
834
husband's death
853Odo I
Richilde of VermandoisPepin, Count of Vermandois-----William
Agane----before 862Robert
Adelaide of ToursHugh, Count of Tours
(Etichonid)
805after 86215 September 866
husband's death
886
Théodrate of TroyesAleran, Count of Troyes868 881/before 88529 February 888
became Queen consort
903 Odo II
Judith --922 925Hugh I
Eadhild of EnglandEdward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons
(Wessex)
907/910926/726 January 937
Hedwige of SaxonyHenry I the Fowler, King of the East Franks
(Liudolfings)
910/22 14 September 938 16 June 956
husband's death
10 May 965
Adelaide of AquitaineWilliam III, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids)
945970 3 July 987
became Queen consort
15 June 1004/06Hugh II

Capetian countesses

Duchess of Orléans

Second creation

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Valentina ViscontiGiangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan
(Visconti)
136617 August 138923 November 1407
husband's death
4 December 1408Louis I
Isabella of ValoisCharles VI of France
(Valois)
9 November 138929 June 140623 November 1407
husband's accession
13 September 1409Charles I
Bonne d'ArmagnacBernard VII, Count of Armagnac
(Armagnac)
19 February 1392 15 August 14101430/5
Marie de ClèvesAdolph I, Duke of Cleves
(De la Marck)
19 September 1426 27 November 1440 5 January 1465
husband's death
23 August 1487
Joan of France, Duchess of BerryLouis XI of France
(Valois)
23 April 14618 September 14767 April 1498
became Queen consort
4 February 1505 Louis II

Fourth creation

None

Fifth creation

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Marie de Bourbon,
Mademoiselle de Montpensier
Duchess of Montpensier
Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier
(Bourbon-Montpensier)
15 October 16056 August 16264 June 1627Gaston
Marguerite of LorraineFrancis II, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
22 July 16152 to 3 January 1632 2 February 1660
husband's death
13 April 1672

Sixth creation

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Princess Henrietta of England and ScotlandCharles I of England and Scotland
(Stuart)
26 June 1644 31 March 166130 June 1670Philippe de France
Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate[2] Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
(Palatinate-Simmern)
27 May 1652 16 November 1671 9 June 1701
husband's death
9 December 1722
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
Mademoiselle de Blois[3]
Louis XIV of France
(Bourbon (Illegitimate))
25 May 1677 18 February 1692 9 June 1701
husband's accession
2 December 1723
husband's death
1 February 1749Philippe d'Orléans
Margravine Johanna of Baden-BadenLouis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
(Zähringen)
10 November 170413 July 1724 8 July 1726 Louis d'Orléans
Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Conti
Duchess of Étampes
Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti
(Bourbon)
20 June 1726 17 December 1743 4 February 1752
husband's accession
9 February 1759 Louis Philippe d'Orléans
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
Mademoiselle de Penthièvre
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
(Bourbon)
13 March 1753 8 May 1768 18 November 1785
husband's accession
6 November 1793
husband's execution
23 June 1821Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans
Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and SicilyFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Two Sicilies)
26 April 178225 November 18099 August 1830
became Queen consort
24 March 1866Louis Philippe d'Orléans
Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-SchwerinFrederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
24 January 1814 30 May 183713 July 1842
husband's death
17 May 1858Ferdinand Philippe

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Histoire de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée.
  2. Born Elizabeth Charlotte, Countess Palatine of Simmern
  3. Known as "la seconde Mademoiselle de Blois" or "the second Mademoiselle de Blois", the style having been held by her half sister Marie Anne de Bourbon