Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg

Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (German: Marie Therese Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine Herzogin von Württemberg;^{[citation needed]} born 12 November 1934^{[citation needed]}), 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
Duchess of Montpensier
Born	(1934-11-12) 12 November 1934 (age 89) Schloss Altshausen, Altshausen, Free People's State of Württemberg, Nazi Germany
Spouse	Prince Henri, Count of Clermont ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1984)​
Issue	Princess Marie of Liechtenstein Prince François, Count of Clermont Princess Blanche Prince Jean, Count of Paris Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
Names Marie-Thérèse Nadejda Albertine Rosa Philippine Margarethe Christine Helene Josepha Martina Leopoldine
House	Württemberg
Father	Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Archduchess Rosa of Austria

Family

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.

Marriage and issue

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.^{[citation needed]} 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:^{[citation needed]}

1. Princess Marie d'Orléans (born 1959), married to Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (born 1949), son of Prince Prince Johann Baptist of Liechtenstein (1914 - 2004) and his wife, Princess Clothilde of Thurn und Taxis (1922-2009).
2. Prince François, Count of Clermont (7 February 1961 - 30 December 2017), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
3. Princess Blanche d'Orléans (born 10 September 1962, Ravensburg), severely disabled from toxoplasmosis.
4. Prince Jean, Count of Paris (born 19 May 1965), married to Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart (born 19 June 1977)
5. Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême (born 18 March 1968), married to Countess Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot (born 29 June 1969), daughter of Count Louis Meriadec de Rohan-Chabot (b. 1937) and his wife, Princess Isabelle de Bauffremont-Marnay (b. 1944).

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]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg

8. Duke Philipp of Württemberg 4. Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg 9. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 2. Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg 10. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria 5. Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria 11. Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 1. Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg 12. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany 6. Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria 13. Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma 3. Archduchess Rosa of Austria 14. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta 7. Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 15. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

References

1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Hauser Band XVI., Limburg an der Lahn, 2001, p. 181^{[ISBN missing]}
2. Desnos, Marie (28 September 2009). "Henri d'Orléans: le mariage de l'amour et de la discorde". Paris Match. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.