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Orleans Godparents

Orleans Godparents

This list is about the godparents of the descendants of the late Count Henri of Paris:

1) CHILDREN OF THE LATE COUNT OF PARIS:

1932: Princess Isabelle of France
- Duke Jean de Guise (her paternal grandfather)
- Princess Elisabeth of Orleans-Braganza (her maternal granmother)

1933: Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie of France (today Count of Paris, Duke of France)
- Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza (his maternal grandfather)
- Duchess Isabelle de Guise (his paternal grandmother)

1934: Princess Helene Astrid Leopoldine Marie of France
- King Leopold III. of Belgium
- Queen Astrid of Belgium

1935: Prince Francois of France (later Duke of Orleans)
- Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza (his maternal uncle)
- Princess Francoise of Greece (his paternal aunt)

1938: Princess Anne of France
- Duke of Aosta (husband of her paternal aunt)
- Countess Anna Dobrzensky (1st cousin of her mother)

1940: Princess Diane of France
- Prince Joao of Orleans-Braganza (her maternal uncle)
- Princess Maria Francisca of Orleans-Braganza (later Duchess of Braganza, her maternal aunt)

1941: Prince Michel of France (today Count of Evreux)
- all workers of France represented by M. Peyret and Mme Plumier

1941: Prince Jacques of France (today Duke of Orleans)
- all peasants of France represented by M. Ambruster and Mme Pere

1943: Princess Claude of France
- Count Juan of Barcelona
- Countess Maria de las Mercedes of Barcelona

1946: Princess Chantal of France
- Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Sicily
- Princess Alice of Bourbon-Sicily

1948: Prince Thibaut of France (later Comte de la Marche)
- King Umberto II. of Italy
- Queen Amelie of Portugal


2) GRANDCHILDREN OF THE LATE COUNT OF PARIS:

1957: Countess Catherine Isabelle Marie Francoise Xaviere of Limburg-Stirum
- Count Thierry of Limburg-Stirum (paternal grandfather)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris

1959: Princess Marie Isabelle of France
- Duke Philipp Albrecht of Württemberg (paternal grandfather)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (paternal grandmother)

1959: Count Thierry Henri Francois Xavier Christian of Limburg-Stirum
- Count Henri of Paris (maternal grandfather)
- Countess Marie-Immaculée of Limburg-Stirum (paternal grandmother).

1961: Prince François Henri Louis Marie of Orleans
- Count Henri of Paris (paternal grandfather)
- Duchess Rosa of Württemberg (maternal grandmother)

1961: Duke Friedrich of Württemberg
- Duke Philipp Albrecht of Wurttemberg (maternal grandfather)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (maternal grandmother)

1962: Count Louis of Limburg-Stirum
- King Léopold III of Belgium (also godfather of his mother)

1962: Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg
- Prince Giovanni of Bourbon-Siciles (cousin)
- Duchess Marie-Antoinette of Wurttemberg (paternal aunt).

1962: Princess Blanche Elisabeth Rose Marie of France
- Mr Michel Coulanges (friend)
- Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Sicilies (maternal aunt)

1963: Duke Eberhard of Württemberg
- Prince Alois of Liechtenstein
- Duchess Rosa of Wurttemberg (paternal grandmother)

1964: Duke Philipp of Württemberg
- Count Karl v. Maldeghem (friend)
- Princess Anne of France (maternal aunt)

1965: Prince Jean Charles Pierre Marie of France (Duke of Vendome)
- Duke Carl of Wurttemberg (maternal uncle)
- Princess Chantal of France (paternal aunt)

1965: Hereditary Count Damian v Schönborn-Buchheim
- Count Georg of Schönborn-Buchheim (paternal grandfather)

1965: Duke Michael of Württemberg
- Archduke Heinrich of Austria
- Archiduchess Ludmila of Austria (Heinrich's wife)

1966: Count Bruno of Limburg-Stirum
- the late Count of Limburg-Stirum (head of the house and cousin)
- Countess François du Chastel de la Howarderie, né Régine de Liedekerke (friend).

1966: Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Sicily
- Marquis of Laula (husband of her paternal aunt)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (maternal grandmother)

1966: Princess Bianca of Savoy-Aosta
- Count Henri of Paris (maternal grandfather)
- Duchess Irene of Aosta (paternal grandmother)

1966: Count Vincent of Schönborn-Buchheim
- Count Erwein von und zu Eltz gen Faust v Stromberg

1967: Princess Maria Paloma of Bourbon-Sicily
- Don Manuel Prado y Colon de Carvajal
- Dona Paloma Eulate, Marquesa de Zuya
(both friends of her parents, who later married!)

1967: Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta (Duke of Apulia)
- King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
- Princess Hélène of France (maternal aunt)

1968: Countess Lorraine of Schönborn-Buchheim
- Count Henri of Paris (her maternal grandfather)

1968: Prince Eudes Thibaut Joseph Marie of France (Duke of Angouleme)
- Prince Thibaut of France (paternal uncle)
- Mme Patricia Bemberg, née Brian (friend)

1968: Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Sicily (Duke of Noto)
- Count Juan of Barcelona
- Princess Alice of Bourbon-Sicily (paternal grandmother)

1968: Clotilde d'Orleans
- Prince Charles-Philippe of Orleans, Duke of Nemours (cousin)
- Jacqueline O'Neill (maternal grandmother)

1969: Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta
- Prince Heinrich of Hessen
- Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria
(Mafalda was named after Heinrich of Hessen's mother Mafalda, born as Princess of Italy like her sister Giovanna!)

1969: Countess Claire of Schönborn-Buchheim
- Duke Jacques of Orleans
- Countess Elisabeth of Schönborn-Buchheim, Mme Karamat (paternal aunt)

1970: Princess Diane of Orleans
- the duke de Sabran
- Duchess Diane of Württemberg (paternal aunt)

1971: Princess Ines of Bourbon-Sicily
- Duke Robert of Parma (brother of her paternal grandmother Alice)
- Princess Inès of Bourbon-Sicilies, Mme Morales (paternal aunt).

1971: Adelaide Jeanne Marie d'Orleans
- King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
- Miss Marie-José Menche de Loisne (now countess Geoffroy d'Aumale).

1972: Prince Charles-Louis of France (Duke of Chartres)
- Mr Daniel-Georges Courtois (friend)
- Countess Marie Solange de Odiel (Bavaria-Spain)

1973: Prince Charles-Philippe of Orleans
- Mr Jean-Louis Masurel (friend)
- Princess Isabelle Murat (daughter of princess Isabelle of France, count of Paris' eldest sister)

1974: Prince Foulques of Orleans (Duke of Aumale)
- the present Duke de Sabran (maternal uncle)
- Princess Marie-Louise de Robech

1976: Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue
- Baron Blaise de Sambucy (uncle)
- Duchess Mathilde of Wurttemberg (his cousin)

1976: Prince Robert of Orleans (Comte de la Marche)
- Viscount Paul de la Panouse (friend)
- Princess Claude of France (paternal aunt)

1977: Count Melchior of Schönborn-Buchheim
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (maternal grandmother)

1977: Duchess Fleur of Württemberg
- King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
- King Simeon of Bulgaria
- Fürstin Marie Charlotte von Quadt

1978: Alexandre de Sambucy de Sorgue
- Duke Jacques of Orleans (maternal uncle)
- Baronne Louis de Sambucy (paternal grandmother)

1979: Prince Louis-Philippe of Orleans
- Count Charles de Bourbon-Busset (friend)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (maternal grandmother)

1979: Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue
- Count Valdemar of Rosenborg (son of Aage of Denmark)
- Countess Isabelle of Paris (maternal grandmother)

1982: Prince François of Orleans
- Count Friedrich-Karl of Schoenborn-Buchheim (husband of his paternal aunt Isabelle)
- Baronne Rosario de Manda-Grancey.


3) GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF THE LATE COUNT OF PARIS:

1989: Céleste Galrao
- Luis-Felipe Tome and Baron Eric d'Huart
- Béatrice Deleu

1989: Countess Marie-Therese of Waldburg-Zeil
- Count Peter v u z Eltz
- Countess Georgiana of Quadt (cousin of her father)

1990: Princess Leopoldine Eleonore Therese of Liechtenstein
- Prince Eudes of France (maternal uncle)
- Princess Eleonore of Liechtenstein (paternal aunt)

1990: Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg-Zeil
- Duc Friedrich of Württemberg (maternal uncle)
- the Princess Fugger von Babenhausen

1991: Contessa Viola Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga
- Count Giangaleazzo Visconti di Modrone (cousin)
- Princess Anna-Lucia of Furstenberg

1991: Princess Maria-Immaculata of Liechtenstein
- Prince Jean of France (maternal uncle)
- Princess Amdegunde of Liechtenstein (Adelgunde?, paternal aunt)

1992: Countess Marie-Charlotte of Waldburg-Zeil
- Count Anton Keglevitch von Buzins
- Countess Adelheid of Waldburg-Zeil (paternal aunt)

1993: Prince Johann-Wenzel Karl Emmeran of Liechtenstein
- Prince Emmeran of Liechtenstein (paternal uncle)
- Princess Blanche of France (maternal aunt)

1993: Contessa Vera Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga
- Duke Aimone of Apulia (maternal uncle)
- Verde Visconti di Modrone

1993: Countess Gloria of Limburg-Stirum
- Antony della Faille de Leverghem
- Countess Christian de Limburg-Stirum, née Css Colienne d'Oultremont

1993: Countess Helene of Waldburg-Zeil
- Duc Michael of Württemberg (maternal uncle)
- Cristina Longarini (friend)

1993: Orian Galrao
- Dr Jean-François Buiyschaert
- Countess Hélène of Limburg-Stirum (maternal grandmother)

1994: Duchess Sophie of Württemberg
- Duke Eberhard of Württemberg (her paternal uncle)
- Countess Maria Assunta Huyn

1994: Duke Wilhelm Friedrich of Württemberg
- Prince Wilhelm zu Wied (his maternal uncle)
- Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg-Zeil and Trauchburg (husband of his aunt Mathilde)
- Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein

1995: Princess Marguerite Franziska Daria of Liechtenstein
- Prince François of France (maternal uncle)
- Princess Daria of Thurn und Taxis (first cousin of her father)

1995: Louis-Nicolas Crépy
- François Dubrule (friend)
- Stéphanie d'Alcantara de Querrieur, Mme Favre d'Echallens (friend)

1996: Duchess Marie-Amelie of Württemberg
- Duc Philipp of Württemberg (paternal uncle)
- Countess Stephan-Georg of Waldbourg-Zeil, née Diana zu Lodron-Laterano

1996: Charles-Edouard Alvaro Marie Crepy
- Contess Tatjana of Blanckenstein
- Alvaro de Mora Narvaez

1996: Count Gaspard/Melchior of Limburg-Stirum
- Count Christophe de Limburg-Stirum (first cousin of his father)
- Countess René-Michel de Looz-Corswaren, née Css Marina de Lannoy (maternal aunt)

1996: Countess Marie-Gabrielle of Waldburg-Zeil
- the Prince of Windisch-Graetz (first line) and wife, Angelika Bovenschen.
- Duchess Fleur of Württemberg (maternal aunt)

1997: Duchess Pauline of Württemberg
- Countess Adelheid of Rechberg (cousin of her mother)
- Princess Helene of Bavaria (maternal aunt)

1997: Duchess Sophie-Dorothee Martina Johanna Charitas Maria of Württemberg
- Hereditary Countess Martina of Quadt
- Count Johannes of Schaesberg

1997: Archduke Johannes Rudolph Antonio Maria of Austria
- Archduke Rudolf of Austria (his paternal grandfather)
- Duchess Anne of Calabria (his maternal grandmother)

1997: Contessa Mafalda Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga
- Emmanuele Gamma (friend)
- Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta (maternal aunt)
- Countess Gianmaria Visconti di Modrone, née Princess Violante Carracciolo

1998: Prince Philippe of Orléans
- the Vicomte de Noailles

1998: Archduke Ludwig of Austria
- Fürstin Maria Anna Galitzine (his paternal aunt)
- Senora Cristina Lopez-Quesada (his maternal aunt)



Count Henri of Paris as godfather for his grandchildren:
1959: Count Thierry of Limburg-Stirum
1961: Prince Francois of France
1968: Countess Lorraine of Schönborn-Buchheim

Countess Isabelle of Paris as godmother for her grandchildren:
1959: Countess Catherine of Limburg-Stirum
1959: Princesse Marie Isabelle of France
1961: Duke Friedrich of Württemberg
1966: Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Sicily
1977: Count Melchior of Schönborn-Buchheim
1979: Prince Louis-Philippe of France
1979: Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue

That means: Isabelle (2x), Henri (2x), Helene (2x), Anne, Diane, Chantal and Thibaut choose their parents as godparents for their children!!!



If you have any missing information for me, please contact me!

Thanks to Jerome for his information about nearly all the descendants of the late Count! Without his help this page wouldn't have been possible!


Created October 9th 1999! Updated October 20th 1999! To be continued!

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