Princess Marie Louise of Orléans (1896–1973)
French princess (1896–1973)
Princess Marie Louise
Born(1896-12-31)31 December 1896
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Died8 March 1973(1973-03-08) (aged 76)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1916; div. 1925)​
Walter Frederick Kingsland Jr.
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(m. 1928; died 1961)​
IssuePrince Gaetano
Names
French: Marie Louise Ferdinande Charlotte Henriette
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Emmanuel of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme
MotherPrincess Henriette of Belgium

Princess Marie Louise Ferdinande Charlotte Henriette of Orléans[1] (31 December 1896 – 8 March 1973)[2] was a Princess of Orléans by birth and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies through her marriage to Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Family

Princess Marie Louise was born on 31 December 1896 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France. She was the eldest daughter and child of Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme and his wife, Princess Henriette of Belgium.[3]

Her paternal grandparents were Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria and her maternal grandparents were Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. She was a great-granddaughter of Leopold I, the first king of Belgium, and a great-great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe I, the last king of France.[4]

Marriage and issue

Marie Louise married firstly to Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, tenth child of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta, and his wife, Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 12 January 1916 at her father's home in Neuilly-sur-Seine.[a][5] The couple had one child before their divorce in 1925:[6]

  • Prince Gaetano Maria Alfonso Enrico Paolo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1917–1984), who married Olivia Yarrow, a daughter of Lt.-Cdr. Charles A. Yarrow, on 16 February 1946,[7] and had two sons.[1]

Marie Louise married secondly to Walter F. Kingsland Jr. (1888-1961), a prominent New York businessman, on 12 December 1928 in Chichester, Sussex, England.[8][9] His father owned a "palatial home in the Bois de Boulogne" and his grandfather was Ambrose Kingsland, the former Mayor of New York City.[10] Marie Louise and Walter did not have children, and lived in Redding, Connecticut, for twenty years.[11][2]

Marie Louise died on 8 March 1973 in New York City.[2]

Descendants

Through her only son Prince Gaetano,[12] she was the grandmother of two grandsons: Adrian Philip de Bourbon (b. 1948),[1] who married Linda Idensohn on 20 March 1976, and Gregory Peter de Bourbon (b. 1950),[1] who married, firstly, Maureen Powell on 15 May 1971.[1] They divorced in 1986. They have two sons. He remarried to Carrie Anne Thornley on 30 August 1986.[citation needed]

  • Princess Marie Louise and her mother, Princess Henriette, 1898
    Princess Marie Louise and her mother, Princess Henriette, 1898
  • Princess Marie Louise and her grandmother, Princess Marie, c. 1900
    Princess Marie Louise and her grandmother, Princess Marie, c. 1900
  • Princess Marie Louise and her son, Prince Gaetano, c. 1917
    Princess Marie Louise and her son, Prince Gaetano, c. 1917

Ancestry

References

Notes
  1. ^ The witnesses for the bride were her uncle, the Duc d'Orléans (represented by the Duke de Guise) and King Albert I of the Belgians (represented by Baron Guillaume, the Belgian Minister to France). For the bridegroom the witnesses were King Alfonso XIII of Spain (represented by the Infante Don Carlos de Bourbon) and Prince Javier de Bourbon of the Two Sicilies (represented by Count de La Tour en Voivre).[5]
Sources
  1. ^ a b c d e McNaughton, C. Arnold. The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 443.
  2. ^ a b c "Mrs. Kingsland Dies; Descendant of a King". The Bridgeport Post. 11 Mar 1973. p. 81. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (10 August 1915). "BOURBON PRINCE TO WED.; Philip of Sicilian Branch to Marry Duke of Vendome's Daughter". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "MARIE LOUISE KINGSLAND". New York Daily News. 10 Mar 1973. p. 262. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "MARRIAGE UNITES BOURBON BRANCHES; Prince Philippe de Bourbon Weds Princess Marie Louise d'Orleans in Paris. FOUR WITNESSES BY PROXY They Are Spanish and Belgian Kings, Due d'Orleans, and Prince Janvier de Bourbon". The New York Times. 14 January 1916. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "DE BOURBON-PARME IS HOST TO COUSINS; Prince Gaetano of Rome Gives Party Here for Mrs. Chanler and Princess de Braganca LISA MABON ENTERTAINS Mrs. Theron Roundell Strong Mrs. L.C. Maxwell and Loring Washburns Have Guests" (PDF). The New York Times. 16 March 1940. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German). C.A. Starke. 1961. p. 27. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (6 December 1928). "PRINCESS D'ORLEANS TO WED NEW YORKER; Troth of Niece of King Albert of Belgium to Walter F. Kingsland Jr. Is Announced". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (13 December 1928). "ORLEANS PRINCESS WEDS NEW YORKER; Marie Louise Married to W.F. Kingsland Jr. in England Amid Mystery. STRONG GUARD AT CHURCH Even the Bridegroom Has to Show Admission Card--Bride Wears Ring of Royal Forebears. Ring a Royal Heirloom. Bride a Niece of King Albert". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Even the King Couldn't Prohibit the High-Proof Bourbon Romances So a Prince and His Royal Sister Married Americans, Tossing Aside Their Rights to a Throne". Evansville Courier and Press. 20 January 1929. p. 39. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  11. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (9 August 1935). "Quits England to Live On Connecticut Estate". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  12. ^ "DE BOURBON-PARME IS HOST TO COUSINS; Prince Gaetano of Rome Gives Party Here for Mrs. Chanler and Princess de Braganca LISA MABON ENTERTAINS Mrs. Theron Roundell Strong Mrs. L.C. Maxwell and Loring Washburns Have Guests". The New York Times. 16 March 1940. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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