House Orleans Religion Roman Catholicism | Name Prince Count | |
Born 20 January 1948
Sintra, Portugal ( 1948-01-20 ) Burial Chapelle royale de Dreux Issue Prince Robert
Prince Louis Philippe of Orleans † Father Prince Henri, Count of Paris Mother Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza Died March 23, 1983, Bamingui, Central African Republic Spouse Marion Gordon-Orr (m. 1972–1983) Books A Castle in Bavaria: A Novel Children Prince Robert, Count of La Marche Siblings Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris Similar People Henri - Count of Paris, Princess Isabelle of Orleans‑Braganza, Henri d'Orleans - Count of, Princess Isabelle of Orleans, Prince Jean - Duke of Guise | ||
Biography of Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême Top 5 Facts
Prince Thibaut d'Orléans, Fils de France, comte de La Marche (Thibaut Louis Denis Humbert Marie; 20 January 1948, Sintra, Portugal – 23 March 1983, Bamingui, Central African Republic), was the son of the late Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans (the Orleanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and Isabelle Marie de Orléans Bragança.
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Early life
Prince Thibaut was born in Sintra, Portugal. His godparents were King Umberto of Italy and Queen Amelie of Portugal. He was given the title Count of La Marche, a territory that has been nominally part of the French Crown lands since 1527.
Family
He married Marion Mercedes Gordon-Orr (born 4 September 1942, Santiago, Chile, the daughter of James Gordon-Orr and Mercedes Devia), on 23 September 1972 in Edinburgh, Scotland; the couple had two sons: