Everything about Ferdinand Philippe Duke Of Orl Ans totally explained
HRH Prince Ferdinand-Philippe of Orléans (
September 3,
1810—
July 13,
1842) was
Prince Royal of
France.
Born
Ferdinand Philippe Louis Charles Henri Joseph of Orléans in
Palermo,
Italy, he was the eldest son of the then exiled future king
Louis-Philippe of France and
Princess Marie Amalie of Bourbon-Sicilies.
At his birth Ferdinand-Philippe was given the title of Duke of
Chartres. In
1830 when his father was offered the French throne by the Chamber of Deputies, Ferdinand-Philippe received the title of
Duke of Orléans.
His marriage was arranged to the Duchess Helena Luisa Elizabeth of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin (known as Hélène,
January 24,
1814—
May 18 1858).
They had two children:
Hélène adored her husband, but tragically, when he was only 32 years old, Ferdinand-Philippe died in a carriage accident in
Sablonville in the
Hauts-de-Seine département. He was interred in an elaborate tomb in the
Chapelle Royale, in
Dreux,
Eure-et-Loir.
Nearly 16 years later, Helene died, on
May 18,
1858 in
Richmond,
Surrey,
England, where members of the French royal family had been forced to flee after the revolt against King Louis-Philippe and the election of
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as
President of France. Because Hélène was a
Protestant, she couldn't be buried in the Catholic Chapelle Royale at
Dreux. Instead a room with a separate entrance was built attached to the chapel and a window was opened between her tomb and her husband's. The sculpture of the Protestant princess rests atop her tomb, depicting her reaching through the opening to the tomb of her beloved Catholic prince.
Ancestors
Trivia
Ferdinand-Philippe was used by
Hanns Heinz Ewers as a character in his novella "Die Herzen der Könige" (The Hearts of the Kings).
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