| Marie-Thérèse | |
| Full Name: | Marie-Thérèse Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine |
| Duchess of Montpensier | |
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| House: | Württemberg |
| Father: | Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg |
| Mother: | Archduchess Rosa of Austria |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Schloss Altshausen, Altshausen, Free People's State of Württemberg, Nazi Germany |
Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine [[Herzog]]in von Württemberg; born 12 November 1934), 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]
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.
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. 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:
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]