Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, (9 September 1884, Château d'Eu

Château d'Eu

The Château d'Eu is a former royal residence in the town of Eu, in the Seine-Maritime department of France, in Normandy.The château d'Eu stands at the centre of the town and was built in the 16th century to replace an earlier one purposely demolished in 1475 to prevent its capture by the English...

, Eu

Eu, Seine-Maritime

Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.Eu is located near the coast in the eastern part of the department, near the border with Picardie.Its inhabitants are known as the Eudois.-Geography:...

, Seine-Inférieure

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...

, French Republic

French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...

 – 30 January 1924, Château de Randan, Randan

Randan, Puy-de-Dôme

Randan is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

, Puy-de-Dôme, French Republic

French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...

) was a member of the House of Orléans

House of Orleans

Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger son of the king...

 and a Prince of France.

Family

Ferdinand was the eighth and youngest child of Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris and his wife Marie Isabelle d'Orléans. Ferdinand was a great-grandson of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily sometimes known as Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and later the Queen of the French from 1830–1848, consort to Louis Philippe I....

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Marriage

Ferdinand married Maria Isabel González de Olañeta y Ibarreta, 3rd Marchioness of Valdeterrazo, daughter of Ulpiano González de Olañeta y González de Ocampo, 2nd Marquis of Valdeterrazo and his wife Ysabel de Ibarreta y Uhagón, on 20 August 1921 at Château de Randan in Randan

Randan, Puy-de-Dôme

Randan is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

. Ferdinand and Maria Isabel did not have children.

Titles and styles

• 9 September 1884 – 30 January 1924: His Royal Highness Ferdinand d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier

Ancestry