Jacques of Orleans (1941)

Jacques Jean Jaroslaw Marie of Orleans , which carries the title of courtesy of “Duc of Orleans”, was born on June 25th 1941 at the hospital Lyautey de Rabat, with the Morocco. It is downward of the king of the French Louis-Philippe I {{er}}, a writer, a photographer and a historian French.

Family

Jacques of Orleans is the fourth wire and the eighth child of Henri of Orleans (1908-1999), “count de Paris” and applicant orleanist with the throne of France, and his wife Free-Brazilian the Isabelle of Orleans and Bragance (1911-2003).

In addition to his nine other brothers and sisters, Jacques has a twin brother, Michel of Orleans (1941), “count d' Évreux”.

August 3rd, 1969, Jacques of Orleans marries, in Ansouis, in Vaucluse, Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves (1942), girl of Marie Joseph Elzear de Sabran-Pontèves, duke of Sabran-Pontèves, and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallambrosa. Distinguished pianist, the new “duchess of Orleans” is downward of the musician Amédée de Vallombrosa (1880-1968).

From this union are born three children:

Diane of Orleans (1970), which marries Alexis de Noailles (1952), second wire of Philippe François Armand Marie de Noailles, duke of Mouchy.
Charles-Louis of Orleans (1972), “duke of Chartres”, which marries Ileana Manos (1970), small-niece of the queen Aspasia of Greece (1896-1972). From where: Philippe (1998), Louise (1999), Helene (2001), Constantin (2003) and Isabelle (2005).
Foulques of Orleans (1974), “count of Have and duke of Aumale”.

Biography

Marked by the regular absence their parents and by the cold and authoritative character of their father, the “count de Paris”, the “duke” Jacques of Orleans and his ten brothers and sisters know a chaotic childhood and an adolescence, between Morocco, Brazil, Spain, Portugal and France. Turbulent with possible, those which the orleanists call “children of France” quickly cause the despair of their father and enter finally the most complete opposition with him. In reprisals, the “count de Paris”, persuaded that its descent is reached mental problems, does not hesitate to intern during more than six months two of his kids, François and Diane, in a psychiatric institution! As for Jacques - readily rowdy, insolating and provocative and with his twin brother Michel, the elder one of Orleans moves away them during four years (of 1952 to 1955) from the remainder from the family by sending them in various catholic boarding schools French all more strict the ones than the others… From these years, Jacques of Orleans conceives a savage hatred of his father, who shows through clearly in the mysterious businesses of the count de Paris (see bibliography).

After having failed first once the baccalaureat, it engages in the French Army in 1961. It makes its classes with Extremely-of-L' Water, in Algérie, then between with the Ecole of Officers of Cavalry of Saumur. In August of the same year, it obtains its gallons of second lieutenant and receives his first assignment: it joined the 1st regiment of Spahis and takes the command of a unit of recognition in the half-track vehicle, on the Tunisian border. It returns finally to France in 1962, after Algeria became independent.

In 1999, prince Jacques appears in many French media at the time of the publication of a book to at the very least sour tonality devoted to the businesses having surrounded his father. For the occasion, it passes in particular in the television program Everyone speaks about it.

Works

; Memories and works in semi-biographical matter

Jacques of Orleans with the collaboration of Bruno Fouchereau, mysterious businesses of the count de Paris , Albin Michel, Paris, 1999.
Jacques of Orleans, Huntings of the princes d' Orléans , Gerfaut, Paris, 2000.

; Deliver History

Jacques of Orleans, Ports of war , Gerfaut, Paris, 2005 (ISBN 2-91-462277-5).

Other sources

Philippe de Montjouvent, the count of Paris and his descent , Chaney Eds, Paris, 1998.
Isabelle of Orleans, “countess of Paris”, All is to me happiness (T. 1), Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1978, (ISBN 2-22-100107-9).
Isabelle of Orleans, “countess of Paris”, All is to me happiness, the Sunken lanes (T. 2), Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1981, (ISBN 2-22-100834-0).

Internal bond

Duke of Orleans

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