Françoise of Orléans | |
Duchess of Chartres | |
Full Name: | Françoise Marie Amélie d'Orléans |
House: | Orléans |
Issue: | Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmark Prince Robert Prince Henri Marguerite, Duchess of Magenta Prince Jean, Duke of Guise |
Father: | François, Prince of Joinville |
Burial Place: | Chapelle royale de Dreux |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1844 |
Birth Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Death Place: | Château de Saint-Firmin, France |
Signature: | Signature of Princess Françoise of Orléans, Duchess of Chartres.jpeg |
Princess Françoise Marie Amélie of Orléans (14 August 1844 - 28 October 1925) was a member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.
Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil).
On 11 June 1863 at Saint Raphael's Church in Kingston upon Thames, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin.